Month: February 2017

Dole And Homeland Stores Donate Salad Bars To Two Oklahoma City Public Schools

February 6, 2017 Dole Food Company, Inc.

As part of an initiative committed to increasing healthier options for students, Dole Food Company and local grocery retailer Homeland Stores have partnered to donate salad bars to two public schools in Oklahoma City. Working with the district’s nutrition services department, these self-serve produce bars are the first to be implemented by the district, and will feature a wide array of fresh fruits and vegetables to boost nutritious choices for students at breakfast and lunch. …

Crowley, Customized Brokers & MIA Facilitate Florida’s First Ocean-To-Air Perishables Shipment

February 6, 2017 Crowley and Customized Brokers

The first transshipment included nearly 10 tons of snow peas from Guatemala. The refrigerated cargo arrived in Port Everglades, Fla., aboard Crowley’s cargo ship Tucana J, was trucked to MIA, then departed for Amsterdam via Centurion Cargo yesterday. …

Inserra Supermarkets Expands Partnerships With Local Farmers

February 6, 2017 Inserra Supermarkets

This year, Inserra Supermarkets is expanding its partnerships with New Jersey farmers, bringing locally-sourced produce to all of its ShopRite stores. In New Jersey, the family-owned chain's 17 ShopRites are located in Bergen, Hudson and Passaic Counties, and in New York, the company has 5 stores in Rockland County. …

Halibut Gets Bump; Salmon Prices Soar

February 3, 2017 Laine Welch, Fish Factor/For the Alaska Journal of Commerce

More Pacific halibut will be going to market this year due to an overall boost in the harvests for the West Coast, British Columbia and Alaska. The coastwide catch of 31.4 million pounds reflects a 5.1 percent increase, and for the first time in decades, not a single fishing region met with a decline in halibut catches. …

UNH Researchers ID New Bacterial Pathogen Contaminating Seafood

February 3, 2017 The University of New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire scientists, in partnership with the FDA and public health and shellfish management agencies in five states, have identified a new strain of a bacterial pathogen that has contaminated seafood, sickening shellfish consumers along the Atlantic Coast of North America at increasing rates over the last decade. …