Northwest Growers Weather the Storms and Push On into Harvest

June 21, 2021 Northwest Cherry Growers

Cool weather has continued to slow the start to the Northwest cherry harvest over the past week. Fortunately, that allowed many of our growers the time to mitigate any effects from several rain storms that passed across Washington state.

Taste of California: Specialty Crop Showcase & Virtual Meetings

Join the Fresno Center for International Trade Development, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and Kallman Worldwide for a Taste of California Virtual Trade Event.

Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé Hook the World on Fishless Fish?

June 18, 2021 Elsa Wenzel, GreenBiz

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood.

Pearls of Wisdom: Unhinging Facts About Oysters

“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster,” said 18th-century Irish satirist Jonathan Swift. Whether enjoyed fried, grilled, in a seafood gumbo or, perhaps most opinion dividing, raw, there is no denying the oyster’s impact on both Louisiana’s culture and seafood industry.

Cargill Joins U.S. CattleTrace Program With Aim to Develop a National Infrastructure For Disease Traceability

June 18, 2021 Cargill

Cargill, the global food, agricultural, financial and industrial products company, announced today that it has joined U.S. CattleTrace as an official packer member. Cargill is the second beef processor to invest in the effort formed by multiple state cattlemen’s organizations to develop a national infrastructure for animal disease traceability in the U.S. cattle industry.