Convenient and portable may not be the first qualities that come to mind when you think of a big, whole watermelon. However, the National Watermelon Promotion Board (NWPB) is challenging that thinking and creating new occasions for eating watermelon. …
New price look-up (PLU) codes are now approved for seedless IFG® table grapes. These new PLU codes were assigned by the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and the International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS) on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. IFG has six new PLU codes which are placed into two categories to capture the unique characteristics of its seedless IFG variety offering. …
Fruit color is regarded as one of the most important commercial traits in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Different regions have different color preferences, with pink tomatoes being popular in Asia, particularly in China and Japan. The team of Lei Deng from the Chinese Academy of Sciences aims to develop pink tomatoes by targeting the SlMYB12 gene, a key gene in flavonoid accumulation in tomato. …
Virginia's health department has closed shellfish harvesting on part of a Chesapeake Bay estuary because of a raw sewage spill. …
Dartmouth College students can breathe easy knowing they’re eating haddock sourced in an environmentally responsible way from fishermen who care about seafood for future generations. This is part of Dartmouth University Dining Services’ seafood dinner offered last night to students across campus to draw attention to sustainable fisheries and responsible seafood. On the menu is MSC certified haddock from the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway. …
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