Month: April 2023

IFCO’s High-Tech Service Center Sets Benchmarks in Sustainability and Automation

April 27, 2023 IFCO

IFCO, the world’s leading provider of Reusable Packaging Containers (RPCs) is strengthening its sustainability credentials and expanding its pooling capacities with the opening of the company’s state-of-the-art service center in Dannstadt, Germany. Strategically located in a central transportation hub for Europe, the best-in-class service center sets impressive standards in terms of energy-efficiency, conservation and sustainability measures that are in line with IFCO’s ambitious goals to be carbon neutral in operations by 2025 and to reach net-zero emissions across the whole business by 2040.  …

How to Save the Florida Citrus Industry?

April 27, 2023 Kathryn Markham, USDA ARS

Imagine a devastating plant disease that sweeps the land, decimating crops. For Florida’s citrus growers, that apocalyptic vision is not a horror movie, but a reality: since it was first identified in the Sunshine State in 2005, citrus greening disease has reduced Florida’s citrus production by a whopping 70%. Without any treatment or cure available, desperate growers have cut down infected trees or abandoned their groves entirely. Scientists have been racing to come up with a solution. Now, one enterprising team believes it may have one, in the form of: stingrays. …

Walmart Delegation from The United States Visited the Plant of Blumar Salmon in Chile to Learn their Processes

April 26, 2023 Blumar Seafoods

The Blumar salmon plant in Talcahuano, Chile received a delegation from Walmart in the United States, led by the company’s Executive Vice President – Sourcing, Andrea Albright. During this visit, the executives were able to see the recent investments in automation by the salmon company, which has allowed Blumar to increase productivity and efficiency in the different processes.  …

MDMR Announces Shrimp Season to Close West of Gulfport Ship Channel; Additional Waters South of Intracoastal Waterway Remain Open

April 26, 2023 Mississippi Department of Marine Resources

Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) announced today that beginning Monday, May 1, 2023, all waters south of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) and west of the Gulfport Ship Channel in Mississippi territorial waters are closed to shrimping. …

Perdue Farms and Delmarva Shorebirds Launch 2023 Perdue Strike Out Hunger Challenge on Delmarva

April 26, 2023 Perdue Farms

For one in seven people in the Delmarva Peninsula, hunger is a very real struggle, and especially more in these challenging economic times. At Perdue Farms, we believe that in a country as rich in resources as ours, no one should have to go hungry. …