Maine Lobster Industry Braces For Impact Of Canada’s Sweet EU Deal

More than 1,700 fishing boats raced out of Nova Scotia ports before first light Tuesday morning on what is known as Dumping Day – the opening of Canada’s biggest and most lucrative lobster fishery.

LoveTheWild Offering Seafood Meal Kits In Whole Foods Nationwide

November 29, 2017 Doug Storum, BizWest

LoveTheWild, a Boulder-based maker of frozen seafood meal kits, said Wednesday that it has signed a deal to sell its products at more than 420 Whole Foods Market stores nationwide. LoveTheWild first became available in Whole Foods stores in the company’s south region in fall 2016.

Hormel Foods & Jennie-O Turkey Store Provide Thanksgiving Meals For Those Affected By Hurricane Harvey

November 29, 2017 Hormel Foods Corporation

Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) and its subsidiary Jennie-O Turkey Store donated turkeys and hams for a Thanksgiving meal and event for around 1,000 people affected by Hurricane Harvey and others in need on Nov. 22. The event took place at Celebration of Life Church in Baytown, Texas, and featured a musical performance by Mandisa, an American gospel and contemporary Christian recording artist and former American Idol contestant.

Whole Foods Chicken Supplier Plans To Triple Its Output With Organic Booming

November 29, 2017 Megan Durisin, Bloomberg

Bell & Evans, a supplier to Whole Foods Market Inc., is set to triple its total production by constructing a new Pennsylvania processing facility, with an eye to increasing its organic output along with more flavorful birds. The 560,000-square-foot plant is scheduled to open in early 2020 with capacity to process 2.6 million birds a week, according to a statement Monday.

Rabobank Global Animal Protein Outlook 2018

November 29, 2017 Rabobank

Animal protein production is expanding around the world, and increasing competition —between the species for share of consumer wallet and between exporters for access to import destinations— is creating many areas of opportunity for both producers and processors, according to RaboResearch’s Animal Protein Outlook for 2018.