Potandon Produce is stepping up to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and make a donation to the ALS Association. Steve Ottum, COO at Potandon threw down the gauntlet, taking the challenge and issuing a challenge of his own, offering to donate for every employee who took the icy bath. Employees were then encouraged to nominate individuals and companies within the produce industry to get involved, take the challenge and donate to the ALS Association. …
More than 45 staff in five departments participated in a custom training session led by the United States Department of Agriculture at Ocean Mist Farms’ headquarters in Castroville, Calif., recently. …
Misionero Vegetables continues to focus on innovation and sustainability with its new peel and reseal lidding film. The new lidding film allows consumers to open and reclose the clamshell easily. In addition, it includes a tamper evident seal to build consumer confidence. …
The high-end supermarket has been promoting farmed paiche (pronounced pie-chay) from Peru as a cheaper option to halibut or Chilean sea bass for more than a year. The grocer has a specific goal: to combat the overfishing of wild paiche in South America by generating demand for the farm-raised version in the U.S., where barely anyone knows how to pronounce it, let alone cook it. To save it, the theory goes, we first have to eat it. …
Even though there has been a marked improvement from last year, a Howard’s Cove fisherman says fall canner prices are still about a quarter, and market prices about 50 cents, below where he expected them to start out. …
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