A 21.5M Box Crop Peaking in June for Sonora Grapes Exports

The Sonora Grape Growers Association (AALPUM) projects 21.5 million 18 lb. (8.2 kg) cartons to be packed and shipped between early May and mid-July, 2021. AALPUM association president Marcos Camou, AALPUM general manager Juan Laborin

Trident Seafoods Recalling Pacific Salmon Burger

March 30, 2021 FDA

Trident Seafoods Corporation is issuing a voluntary recall of a single lot number of Pacific Salmon Burgers, Net Wt. 3 lbs. (48 oz.), because it may contain small pieces of metal. Consumption of these products may pose a choking hazard or other physical injury.

Kvarøy Arctic Announces 2nd Annual Women in Aquaculture Scholarship With SAGE

March 30, 2021 Kvarøy Arctic

The scholarship is hosted in partnership with SAGE (Seafood and Gender Equality), a non-profit initiative founded by former Fair Trade USA director Julie Kuchepatov with a mission to build a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive seafood industry and sustainable seafood movement.

How Maine’s Bangs Island Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

March 30, 2021 Terri Ciccone, Eater

In Casco Bay off the coast of Portland, Maine, a “mussel sausage” is made. Picture a sausage casing made of fabric, but instead of meat, it’s filled with tiny mussels attached to a rope. It’s called a mussel line, and it’s just one of the many inventive processes the team at Bangs Island Mussels uses each day.

Next Steps for Enhancing Meat Industry Strategies

The meat industry has worked hard to address its challenges — and has succeeded in getting past the worst of it.