Northern Harvest Is First Salmon Company To Obtain Four-Star BAP Status

December 9, 2014 Global Aquaculture Alliance

Canada’s Northern Harvest Sea Farms Group is the world’s first salmon company to achieve four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status, denoting the company’s salmon processing plants, farm sites, hatcheries and feed mills are all BAP certified, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced in December.

New Boston Food Market Fears Olympic Intentions For Its Site

In the predawn hours, before commuters have brought traffic on nearby Interstate 93 to a standstill, workers in white butcher smocks cleave cuts of beef and chicken, fillet fresh cod, and cold-pack oysters and other seafood for many of New England’s top restaurants and supermarkets. This is the New Boston Food Market, a cooperative of some two dozen meat and seafood wholesalers on the edge of South Boston. The 20-acre site has caught the eye of the group trying to bring the Summer Olympics to Boston in 2024 as a possible site for a 60,000-seat stadium.

Cattle Industry Says No To Second Checkoff

The cattle industry’s ongoing discussions about the future of the beef checkoff have been fraught with discord, but one issue appears to have united them: rejection of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s proposal to create a second, independently administered checkoff.

US Suspends Some Poultry Imports From Canada Due To Bird Flu

December 9, 2014 Staff Reporter, Reuters

The United States has suspended imports of live and raw poultry from Canada's British Columbia due to an outbreak of bird flu virus there, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief veterinary officer told Reuters on Monday.

Miami Adds South American Cargo Carrier, Western Global Airlines

Western Global Airlines recently launched a new cargo service from Miami to destinations in South America. WGA, which is the 39th all-cargo airline to serve Miami, plans to serve the major cargo centers of South America, including Colombia, which is Miami International Airport’s top international trade partner by weight. The primary product moving out of Colombia to Miami is cut flowers.