Month: January 2018

Melissa’s Announces The First Shipment Of Sweet Sapphire Grapes

January 29, 2018 Melissa's Produce

The unusual two-inch tubular shape is not the only unique characteristic of this sweet table grape. Sweet Sapphires have a dark purple, almost black, skin that protects its translucent green and seedless fruit. With a sugar content that exceeds all other fresh grape varieties, the grape has an extremely sweet flavor balance reminiscent of a delicate dessert wine. Surprisingly, each grape is so firm it can be snapped in half and large enough to be stuffed! …

Salmon Fishermen Barred From Using Aircraft In SE Alaska

January 26, 2018 Associated Press

The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted Friday in favor of the ban, which only goes into effect when an area is open for fishing. …

Farmed LI Shellfish Added To State’s ‘Grown & Certified’ Program

January 26, 2018 Adina Genn, Long Island Business News

Oyster growers from Long Island are now part of the New York State “Grown & Certified” program, which promotes the state’s agricultural producers and growers who adhere to food safety and environmental sustainability standards. …

2017 Gulf Shrimp Landings: Louisiana At Historic Lows, Alabama At Historic Highs

January 26, 2018 Southern Shrimp Alliance

For the Gulf as a whole, shrimpers landed 100.4 million pounds of shrimp in 2017, up from 93.9 million pounds reported in the same dataset for 2016. This total was 21.3 percent below the prior seventeen-year historic average of 127.6 million pounds. …

South Dakota Certified Beef Program Saved From Repeal Bill

January 26, 2018 Bob Mercer, Rapid City Journal

To keep a trademark alive, state lawmakers sent a beef bill to the political slaughterhouse Thursday. The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee decided against repealing the South Dakota Certified Beef program. …