NC SweetPotato Commission Eat Sweet Restaurant Week a Success

Last month, the North Carolina SweetPotato Commission (NCSPC) celebrated its long-awaited Eat Sweet Restaurant Week where they invited chefs across the state to “cook” up creative ways to elevate the State’s vegetable, the sweetpotato – the state is responsible for over 67% of the US sweetpotato crop.

Future Crops Brings Vertical Farming Closer to the Land

December 22, 2021 Future Crops, Ltd.

The challenges posed by urbanization and the gradual dwindling of arable land is driving more farming indoors. The agri-tech start-up Future Crops, Ltd. has developed the first indoor vertical farming system that grows its crops in a unique soil substrate composition, bringing this nascent farming concept closer to home and to the earth.

Healthy Family Project 2021 Efforts Make an Impact With $250,000 Donation

Healthy Family Project will close out 2021 with $250,000 raised through retail and digital cause marketing programs adding to the total $7 million raised for charities that benefit families and children. Charities receiving funding in 2021 include Feeding America®, Our Military Kids and Fresh Produce Foundation (formerly United Fresh Start Foundation).

Fisheries and Oceans Canada updates Pacific Herring Coast-wide Harvest Plan for 2021-22

December 21, 2021 Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) supports fishing opportunities for communities, and is firmly committed to the conservation, protection, and regeneration of our marine environment and the lifeforms they sustain. Herring are a forage fish, an important food source to other keystone species like Pacific salmon, and a critical part of the ecosystem on the Pacific coast. It is vital that we manage Pacific herring with an approach that supports fishing allocation where possible, and one that is consistent with the objectives of stock recovery, and the regeneration of this important species.

Study: As More Turn to Seafood, Consumers Look to Eco-Labels to Guide Purchasing Decisions

December 21, 2021 Global Seafood Alliance

Seafood is the preferred choice of U.S. consumers looking to eat less meat, and seafood eco-labels such as the Global Seafood Alliance’s (GSA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) are influencing the perceptions of the seafood that they purchase and the supermarkets and restaurants that they frequent.