Month: January 2020

Dole Food Company Selects Padilla as Digital and Social AOR

January 10, 2020 Padilla

Padilla will lead Dole’s digital strategy, content creation, creative campaigns, email marketing, eCRM, paid media and community management for the brand’s U.S. and Canadian social platforms. …

Flavor-Forward Plenty Expands Product Availability through Bay Area Food Retailers

January 10, 2020 Plenty

South San Francisco vertical farm company Plenty unveiled a huge new facility last summer with the promise that its produce would be more widely available. …

Non-Profit Created to Address the Growing Financial Crisis in American Farms Launches Campaign on Saturday

January 10, 2020 American Grown

Made up of farmers and consumers from across the United States, American Grown has come together to sound the alarm about the catastrophic decline of the American farm and what it means to our farmers, our communities and the country as a whole. …

AL Oyster Harvest Providing Help as Shortage Impacts Gulf Seafood Industry

January 9, 2020 Cory Pippin, WPMI

Help is coming to the local seafood industry as the state of Alabama has launched its first oyster harvest in 2 years. …

Maine Lobster Landings Sank About 16% Last Year, Commissioner Says, but Still Beat Expectations

January 9, 2020 PENELOPE OVERTON, Portland Press Herald

Maine’s top fisheries official says lobstermen likely landed about 100 million pounds of the state’s signature crustacean in 2019, which is about 16 percent less than the year before but not as bad as had been predicted. …