Month: February 2023

Zespri Launches New Campaign, Merchandising Displays and Customized Programs During SEPC Show

February 24, 2023 Zespri

Zespri’s account managers will be at booth 621 to meet with retailers during the SEPC Southern Exposure trade show in Orlando, Florida March 2-4, 2023. The booth will showcase Zespri’s new merchandising displays with updated graphics highlighting this year’s Taste the Obsession marketing campaign. Taste the Obsession showcases the brand’s passionate commitment to sharing high quality, refreshingly sweet kiwifruit to ignite the good in consumers’ days. …

USApple Promotes Mitchell Liwanag to Manager of Environmental Affairs

February 24, 2023 U.S. Apple Association

The U.S. Apple Association today announced the promotion of Mitchell Liwanag to Manager of Environmental Affairs. In his new role, Liwanag will represent USApple in matters concerning the environment, including pesticides, water, energy, climate and stewardship, as well as identify new areas for the organization to engage and participate in the areas of sustainability and the climate. …

Freshbay Receives Purchase Agreement From Berrymobile For 15M Lbs of Strawberries Per Year

February 24, 2023 Freshbay

Freshbay Inc. announces it has advanced a major step toward securing the economics of their deep geothermal powered agriculture facility near Hinton, AB. The purchaser of the strawberries, Berrymobile Fruit Distribution Inc. is one of western Canada’s premium, local, soft fruit wholesalers. …

FDA Advises Restaurants, Retailers and Consumers to Avoid Raw Oysters from Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada Because They Are Potentially Contaminated with Norovirus

February 23, 2023 FDA

The FDA is advising consumers not to eat, and restaurants and food retailers not to sell, and to dispose of oysters that were harvested between January 16, 2023, and February 17, 2023, from Deep Bay, Baynes Sound subarea 14-8 or subarea 13-16 (landfile #140185) in British Columbia, Canada. …

Digital Shellfish Tag Developer BlueTrace Raises $4.1M to Expand Market

February 23, 2023 Laurie Schreiber, MaineBiz

Castine software startup BlueTrace said it raised $3.2 million in seed funding, bringing the company’s fundraising total to $4.1 million toward a goal to expand its market. …