Baldor Specialty Foods Eliminates Food Waste From Its Production Facility

December 30, 2016 Baldor Specialty Foods

Baldor Specialty Foods, the Northeast’s leading produce processor and distributor, announced today that it has successfully diverted 100 percent of the organic waste generated in its Fresh Cuts operation from landfill – thanks to its food waste initiative known as SparCs (the word “scraps” spelled backwards).

Specialty Food Association Awards Salty Girl Seafood

December 29, 2016 Salty Girl Seafood

Laura Johnson and Norah Eddy from Salty Girl Seafood have been honored for Vision by the Specialty Food Association’s 2017 Leadership Awards.

Chinese Firm To Open Massive Land-Based Shellfish Hatchery On Sunshine Coast

December 29, 2016 Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun

Construction is nearing completion at a massive land-based shellfish hatchery and research facility near Saltery Bay on the Sunshine Coast.

Virginia Oyster Harvest Drops By 19,000 Bushels In 2015-16

December 29, 2016 Tamara Dietrich, Daily Press

Virginia's 2015-16 oyster harvest dipped slightly from the previous year, from about 650,000 bushels to 631,000 bushels, reversing a seven-year trend of increasing hauls.

Niman Ranch Popular Among Mitchell County Farmers

Although it’s headquartered in Denver, Colo., Niman Ranch Corp. is impacting pork production in Mitchell County, giving farmers an alternative to standard mass production.