Month: May 2022

Celebrate 10 Years of California Avocado Month This June

May 19, 2022 California Avocado Commission

Ten years ago, the California Avocado Commission first observed June officially as California Avocado Month and are excited to continue celebrating this long-standing tradition. As an ode to the past ten years, the Commission has enlisted the culinary talents of Southern California-native, Chef Nyesha Arrington, to create two delicious and seasonal recipes that prominently feature California avocados, which are grown by about 3,000 California avocado growers with groves from San Diego to Monterey. …

GLOBALG.A.P. Launches IFA Version 6 and GRASP Version 2

May 19, 2022 GLOBALG.A.P.

GLOBALG.A.P. North America, Inc. announces the launch of GLOBALG.A.P.’s revised Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) standard Version 6 and the GLOBALG.A.P. Risk Assessment on Social Practice (GRASP) add-on Version 2. Representing the first implementation stage of the new smart farm assurance solutions vision, the new products offer streamlined, impact-driven, and connected solutions for the entire sector. The launch was marked by a live online event hosted by GLOBALG.A.P. and Fruitnet Media International featuring pre-recorded content in English and Spanish. …

The Hass Avocado Board Continues Industry Webinar Series with Nutrition Spotlight

May 19, 2022 Hass Avocado Board

 The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) is hosting the next installment in its complimentary industry webinar series, on May 26, 2022, from 1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. PT. The webinar, “Leveraging the Avocado’s Nutrition Story to Drive Demand,” will educate attendees on highlighting the nutritional benefits of avocados to help drive demand using ready-to-use resources from HAB’s Avocado Nutrition Center and Love One Today®. …

B.C. Salmon Abundance ‘A Sixth’ of What It Was Half-a-Century Ago: Study

May 18, 2022 COLE SCHISLER, Castlegar News

Catches of wild pacific salmon on the Fraser, Skeena and Nass Rivers are only a sixth of what they were half a century ago, according to a new study from UBC. …

Atlantic Canada to Host GSA’s GOAL 2023 Conference

May 18, 2022 Global Seafood Alliance

GOAL: The Responsible Seafood Conference, the largest international seafood business conference of its kind, will bring 500 seafood industry leaders from around the world to the host city of Saint John, New Brunswick. This is only the second time GOAL will have been held in Canada, with Vancouver being the host city in 2015. GOAL has been held in 18 cities on four continents (North America, South America, Europe and Asia) since 2001 and is being held in Seattle in the fall of 2022 and Scotland in the fall of 2024. …