National Potato Council Statement on Efforts to Jumpstart Senate Talks on Agriculture Labor Reform

June 18, 2021 National Potato Council

The National Potato Council participated in an agriculture industry roundtable discussion with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in an effort to find bipartisan support for legislation that would improve upon the House-passed Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

Mission Produce’s Founder, President, & CEO Steve Barnard Selected as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Greater Los Angeles Award Finalist

June 18, 2021 Mission Produce

Mission Produce announced that its Founder, President, and CEO Steve Barnard was named an Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Greater Los Angeles Award finalist.

Leading The Way Discovering Rugose Virus Resistance

Vineland’s greenhouse tomatoes-on-the-vine (TOVs) breeding program – the only one of its kind in Canada – has focused since 2013 on developing high yielding varieties with improved flavour and production traits adapted to Canada’s climate.

NaturalShrimp Announces Engagement with Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC

June 17, 2021 NaturalShrimp

Lake Street will provide capital markets, mergers, acquisitions, licensing and strategic investment counsel to NaturalShrimp as it executes its growth strategy. In conjunction with this engagement, the company expects to complete it uplisting to the Nasdaq Stock Market in early third quarter 2021.

Pacific Salmon Abundance Plummeted in 2020

The global abundance of Pacific salmon in 2020 was the lowest since 1982, according to new data released by the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission.