30 December, 2020
They’re a must for any serious (and somewhat lazy) soup fanatic. A few weeks ago, on a chilly and rainy Monday, I texted my friend: “Today is soup or stew weather, we will eat accordingly.”
17 December, 2020
Oceana has today released a report – based on an analysis of e-commerce packaging data – that found Amazon generated 465 million pounds of plastic packaging waste last year. This is comprised of the air pillows, bubble wrap, and other plastic packaging items added to the approximately 7 billion Amazon packages delivered in 2019, according to news accounts.
10 December, 2020
Family-owned specialty wholesalers are now marketing directly to consumers.
2 December, 2020
VeChain has partnered with U.S startup KnowSeaFood to bring transparency to the multibillion-dollar seafood industry. KnowSeaFood will use StoryBird, a supply chain traceability platform powered by the VeChain blockchain to allow its customers to trace their food along the entire supply chain.
25 November, 2020
Fortune International, a Bensenville, Illinois, USA-based processor, distributor and importer of seafood, meats and gourmet food products, has purchased Neesvig’s, Inc., a Windsor, Wisconsin-headquartered processor and distributor of meats and seafood. The acquired company also operates Empire Fish, a Wauwatosa, Wisconsin-based retail store, and a fulfillment operation in DeForest. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
19 November, 2020
A coalition of more than 800 members of the U.S. seafood industry have signed a letter opposing a new bill that they say will undermine the nation’s "world-class system of fisheries management.”
12 November, 2020
Baltimore resident Toni Tipton-Martin is accustomed to opening doors for others while breaking down barriers. Recently named editor of Cook’s Country, one of the nation’s premiere food and recipe development magazines, she is one of the first Black women to lead such a publication.
5 November, 2020
When is a crab not a crab? Why, when it’s instead krab, crabstick, "crab," processed crab, crab-fish protein, Japanese crab, French crab or any of the other multitude of names that imitation crab is marketed and sold by throughout the world. But what exactly is imitation crab, and why is it so intent on masquerading as one the sea’s most delicious, clawed crustaceans?
29 October, 2020
Seafood processors had a lot to deal with this season. “Our biggest challenge in 2020 was safely staffing our plants,” said Julianne Curry, the public affairs manager for OBI Seafoods.
22 October, 2020
According to the IUCN Red List 32,000 species are threatened with extinction – everything from birds and mammals, to reef corals and crustaceans. And that's only the species we know about.