Potato Industry leaders honored at Prince Edward Island Potato Board Annual Banquet

The Prince Edward Island potato industry gathered for its annual awards dinner for the first time since 2020.  COVID-19 had put the banquet on hold for the past two years.

New “Wintermelon” Toolkit Launches to Support Watermelon Year-Round

National Watermelon Promotion Board (NWPB) has launched an online toolkit to promote watermelon during the winter months. Housed at www.watermelon.org/wintermelon, the new landing page is designed as a resource for retailers, media and industry members, such as watermelon importers, to help position and promote watermelon year-round. 

Northline Seafoods Announces Major Project Bringing New Innovations to the U.S. Fishing Industry

December 5, 2022 Northline Seafoods

Northline Seafoods announced the successful funding and launch of a new project to build the world’s most sustainable and efficient mobile commercial salmon processing platform, with construction planned to begin at the Port of Bellingham in Washington State in January 2023. The “Hannah” is a one-of-a-kind vertically integrated vessel that will operate in Bristol Bay during the commercial fishing season.

NOAA Preliminary Data Show Record Volumes of Shrimp Landed in Alabama, Large Harvests in Louisiana in 2022

December 5, 2022 Southern Shrimp Alliance

As with the agency’s reporting since July of last year, the numbers released by NOAA for landings in the Gulf in August include substantial revisions to the agency’s initial preliminary reporting of shrimp landings in previous years. 

The Very Good Food Company Announces U.S. Retail Expansion With Wegmans Food Markets And Significant Distribution Points Gains Across North America

The Very Good Food Company Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company’s The Very Good Butchers brand products are now available at 107 Wegmans Food Markets stores in the United States.