RubyFrost Apples and American Kitchen Cookware Team Up for New Year’s Giveaway 

January 5, 2024 RubyFrost Apples

RubyFrost™ apples and American Kitchen Cookware have joined forces to start the new year with an exciting collaboration. The “New Year’s Refresh Giveaway!” offers participants the chance to win a prize package of RubyFrost apples and an American Kitchen cookware set. 

Introducing EverCrisp – The Late Season Apple

January 5, 2024 Honeybear Brands

Honeybear Brands, a leading grower, packer, shipper, and developer of premium apples, is delighting retailers and shoppers with its growing supply of the late season  EverCrisp® variety.  With a robust Fall apple season in the rear-view mirror, EverCrisp provides key differentiators in the late season apple market that appeals to year ‘round fruit enthusiasts.

Grower-Shipper Association of Central California Appoints 2024 Board Members

As recently ratified by its regular (i.e., grower, shipper, processor, landowner, harvester) membership, the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California (GSA) elected four new members to its Board of Directors: Kiana Amaral, Chief Operating Officer, BlazerWilkinsonGee, Chris Drew, President & CEO, Ocean Mist Farms, Carmen Ponce, Vice President and General Counsel of Labor, Tanimura and Antle, and Matt Rogers, Co-Founder and General Manager of AgSocio.

Md. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Seafood Industry

January 4, 2024 Daily State News

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) welcomed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) release in November of 130,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year 2024 as they announced that they have joined U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) in introducing bipartisan legislation to improve the H-2B program to help ensure Maryland seafood companies can hire the seasonal workforce they need to operate at full capacity.

On Offshore Wind Farms, Seafood Production May be a Breeze

January 4, 2024 Michael Allen, Horizon

Off the coasts of Belgium, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands dozens of wind farms whir away, helping Europe switch to renewable energy from fossil fuels. Some of those wind farms are also helping Europe do something few people might imagine: grow seafood.