Month: May 2021

Produce for Better Health Foundation Convenes Top-Tier Trendsetting Food & Nutrition Journalists & Media Professionals For Inaugural Have A Plant Media Meet Up

May 25, 2021 Produce for Better Health Foundation

On May 20, the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) hosted its first-ever Have A Plant® Media Meet Up with top-tier journalists and media professionals from major food and nutrition consumer media outlets, such as Good Housekeeping, Health and Parents among many others, as part of its strategic efforts to prioritize consumer media relations and inspire millions of Americans to enjoy more fruits and vegetables. …

Food Futurist Suzy Badaracco to Speak at NEPC Expo this Fall

May 25, 2021 New England Produce Council

The New England Produce Council Inc. has announced that Suzy Badaracco, president of Culinary Tides Inc., will speak about “a future without fear” at the NEPC Produce, Floral & Food Service Expo, scheduled to take place Sept. 29-30 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. …

OnePointOne and Sakata Seed America Aim to Accelerate the Quality and Variety in Vertical Farming

May 25, 2021 Sakata Seed America

OnePointOne and Sakata Seed America announced today a game-changing collaboration in the acceleration of vertical farming. Together, the two leading entities will share intelligence and analysis focused on maximizing plant outputs while minimizing environmental impact. …

Blue Ocean Mariculture CEO, Dick Jones, Joins Northwest Aquaculture Alliance Board of Directors

May 24, 2021 Northwest Aquaculture Alliance

Kona, Hawaii-based Blue Ocean Mariculture is, at present, the only open-ocean finfish aquaculture producer operating within the United States. It is also the only fish farm operating in the USA to be certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) as environmentally and socially responsible. …

Otten’s Seafood Inc. Recalls Siluriformes Fish Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection

May 24, 2021 USDA FSIS

Otten’s Seafood Inc., a Tinley Park, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 46,804 pounds of Siluriformes fish (catfish) because the products were produced, packed, and distributed without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. …