Fred C. Gloeckner & Co. Transfers Open Orders to Ball Seed

December 7, 2020 Ball Horticultural Company

This month, owner, President and CEO of Fred C. Gloeckner & Company Inc., Joseph A. Simone, has made definite his plans for retirement from the distribution industry and announced an agreement with Ball Horticultural Company to transfer its open orders to Ball Seed®, the leading horticultural distributor in North America.

Post-Pandemic Era – The 23rd World Orchid Conference is postponed to 2021 in Taichung City

December 7, 2020 World Orchid Conference

In response to the global outbreak of COVID-19, the Council of Agriculture, the Taichung City Government and its Agriculture Bureau, together with the Taiwan Orchid Growers Association jointly announced on February 28 that the 23rd World Orchid Conference, which was originally scheduled from March 9 to 19, 2020, be postponed to April 24 to May 3, 2021.

Clearwater Casting Aside Eco-Certification for Offshore Lobster Fishery

December 7, 2020 Paul Withers, CBC News

Clearwater Seafoods is dropping Marine Stewardship Council certification for its Canadian offshore lobster fishery, calling it “a voluntary decision driven by business considerations.”

Atlanto-Scandian Herring and Blue Whiting Fisheries to be Suspended

December 7, 2020 Marine Stewardship Council

The independent assessors responsible for certifying fisheries to the MSC Fishery Standard have today announced that Atlanto-Scandian herring and blue whiting fisheries will be suspended from the program on 30 December 2020.

Factory-Farmed Salmon: Does it Make Sense to Grow Fish in Indoor Tanks?

December 7, 2020 Mark Kurlansky, The Guardian

One of these land-based salmon farms is planned for Bucksport, a down-on-its-luck industrial town of 5,000 people on the estuary of the Penobscot, a struggling wild salmon river.