Whole Foods Market, Blue Circle And BioMar Introduce Cleaner, Greener Farmed Salmon

January 28, 2016 Whole Foods Market®

Pioneering Norwegian fish farmers Kvarøy and Selsøyvik worked together with importer Blue Circle Foods, leading feed company BioMar and Whole Foods Market, to create In the Blue, an innovative farmed fish feed that conserves marine resources and reduces environmental contaminants in farmed salmon.

WinCo Foods Commits To Four-Star BAP By 2018

January 28, 2016 Global Aquaculture Alliance

As part of its sustainable seafood procurement policy, WinCo Foods has committed to sourcing three-star and four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) product, the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) announced in late January.

Farmers And Producers Not Ready For Big Antibiotic Changes In 2016

The most significant changes in U.S. food-animal production in decades are coming by the end of this year, and farmers and producers aren’t prepared. That’s the warning of the nonpartisan Farm Foundation, based in Oak Brook, Ill., in a report called Stewardship of Antimicrobial Drug Use in Food-Producing Animals, released Wednesday morning.

Americans To Eat 1.3B Chicken Wings For Super Bowl 50

January 28, 2016 The National Chicken Council

Yes, that is 1.3 billion, with a "b."  With the second biggest eating day of the year after Thanksgiving upon us – Super Bowl Sunday – there's no hotter time of year for chicken wings, America's new favorite party food.

HatchTech And Bell & Evans Partner On Hatchery Project

January 28, 2016 HatchTech

Bell & Evans and HatchTech have signed an agreement for the construction of a new turn-key hatchery project, which will be located in Fredericksburg, PA, USA. The greenfield hatchery includes 36 MicroClimer Setters and 12 HatchCare units, as well as complete HVAC with heat recovery and will have a production capacity of 78.000.000 day-old chicks a year.