Acme Smoked Fish Joins 1% for the Planet

November 20, 2024 Acme Smoked Fish

In January 2024, Acme launched its 1% For Climate Initiatives program, a commitment to donate 1% of proceeds from their Acme branded cold-smoked salmon retail items to expand the Foundation’s climate impact. Now, as a member of 1% of the Planet, they will continue to drive change throughout the seafood industry through the SICA award’s focus on decarbonization and diversity.

Maryland Researchers Breed Apples for a Changing Climate

The trees need very little pruning, appear resistant to a common bacterial disease, and can tolerate hotter, wetter conditions.

EPA’s Senior Agriculture Advisor Visits Fruit Tree Research Station with USApple and Growers

Much of the research happening at the Research Station has implications for finding resistance to diseases like fire blight – a bacterial disease that can very quickly wipe out entire apple orchards. Other research on greenhouse gas mitigation opportunities in orchards could be key to serving as another agriculture-based solution to address climate change.

Saputo Signs Large-Scale Virtual Power Purchase Agreement with Capital Power

March 28, 2024 Saputo

The agreement pertains to a Canadian-based wind facility (Halkirk 2 Wind) currently under construction. Subject to final regulatory approvals and once operational, the portion of the wind facility contracted by Saputo will generate approximately 206,300 MWh of renewable electricity per year, reducing the Company’s CO2 emissions by more than 140,000 tonnes – equivalent to taking more than 30,000 cars off the road.

‘Possibly the end’: Quebec Shrimp Fishery Facing Climate Change, Tough economy

March 27, 2024 The Gazette

Temperatures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence have been rising, causing shrimp stocks to plummet and making conditions more favorable for fish species that eat them, experts say.