CA Avocado Season: Plenty Of Quality Fruit To Take Us Into September

May 23, 2018 Index Fresh

The California avocado season is well underway, with strong weeks behind us in March and April and promotable volumes ahead for the remainder of the season. Excellent quality has been driving strong demand as California Hass fills retailer shelves and enhances restaurant offerings.

Crystal Valley Foods Partners With Old South Blueberries LLC To Offer Alabama Grown Berries

May 23, 2018 Crystal Valley Foods

Crystal Valley Foods (Crystal Valley) has announced that it has partnered with Old South Blueberries, LLC and will begin shipping Alabama-grown blueberries under both the Crystal Valley and Old South Blueberries labels this season. The first shipments will begin at the end of May and they will be available through the end of July.

Following A Tuna From Fiji To Brooklyn—On The Blockchain

May 22, 2018 Wired

Supply chains appear to be a legitimate use case for the technology, tracking materials as they move around the globe. There are promising signs, but also serious hurdles to deploying blockchain tech broadly in logistics. It likely will be years, if not decades, before that happens.

State: Cooke Can't Move Juvenile Salmon To Net Pens

May 22, 2018 Associated Press

Washington fish managers have denied a request by Cooke Aquaculture to move thousands of juvenile Atlantic salmon from its hatchery to marine net pens in Kitsap County.

Whole Oceans Names New Chief Operating Officer

May 22, 2018 Whole Oceans

Whole Oceans, a state-of-the-art recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), that will raise Atlantic salmon on the site of the former Verso paper mill in the heart of Bucksport, Maine, announced that Jason Mitchell has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer.