UK Firm Wants to Launch Another Maine Salmon Farm, this one in Millinocket

Aquaculture Management & Holding Co. of the United Kingdom announced Tuesday that it is ready to start building a “modern aquaculture plant” in Millinocket after two years of planning and preparations, according to the industry trade publication Undercurrent News. The company, which calls its U.S. subsidiary Aquabanq, said earlier this year it intended to open a land-based salmon farm in the U.S. by 2022.

‘Mother Nature Dealt Us an Awful Hand’: PEI Oyster Growers Predicting Poor Yield

June 14, 2019 Steve Bruce, CBC News

Some Island oyster growers say they’ve lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of crop, largely as a result of P.E.I.’s rough fall and winter weather.

Mainers Plead With Trump to Help an Industry Suffering From His Trade War

Senator Angus King’s frustration underscores the degree to which Trump and his political appointees in Washington have been picking winners and losers. The lobster industry has been one of the losers.

Beyond Meat to Release Plant-Based Ground Meat ‘Beyond Beef’ Nationwide ‘Soon’

June 14, 2019 Fox Business

The company will soon be expanding its portfolio and adding 1-pound packages of plant-based ground meat, called Beyond Beef, to the market, Gregg Smith, Evolution VC Partners CEO and early Beyond Meat investor, told FOX Business on Wednesday.

Impossible Foods Releases 2019 Impact Report, Asking, “If Not Us, Then Who?”

June 14, 2019 Impossible Foods

Impossible Foods, maker of the famously delicious Impossible™ Burger, today published its 2019 Impact Report. The annual report tells the story of the year’s progress in creating market-based environmental impact, in achieving sustainability milestones through innovation in operations, and advancing the urgent agenda of dietary transformations.