Month: May 2022

City Produce Joins FreshEdge

May 16, 2022 FreshEdge

FreshEdge, a family of produce and specialty food companies backed by Rotunda Capital Partners, acquired City Produce, a fresh food distributor headquartered in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. For many years, City Produce has been serving North Central Florida, the Florida Panhandle, and central to southern Alabama distributing fresh fruits and vegetables, including an array of fresh-cut offerings, dairy, meats, seafoods, specialty foods, and more. City Produce operates out of two facilities, one in Fort Walton Beach, and a second in Foley, Alabama. …

Kvarøy Arctic’s International Scholarship Continues to Empower Women in Aquaculture For the Third Year in a Row

May 13, 2022 Kvarøy Arctic’

Recognized by FastCo as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2022, Kvarøy Arctic is continuing for the third year its international scholarship program that aims to empower women in aquaculture. …

Haul of Atlantic Cod, Once Abundant, Reaches New Low

May 13, 2022 Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press

One of the oldest fishing industries in the U.S. sank to a new low in catch last year, signaling that efforts to rebuild the fishery still have a long way to go. …

Abbot’s Butcher Fuels Growth with Massive Retail Expansion at Target Nationally, in Addition to The Fresh Market and Fresh Thyme

May 13, 2022 Abbot's Butcher

Abbot’s Butcher, the makers of premium plant-based meats, announces it now has national distribution at Target, with the retailer carrying Abbot’s Butcher’s crave-worthy “Chorizo” at 1,215 stores nationwide. Additionally, Abbot’s Butcher is expanding into 159 The Fresh Market stores and 73 Fresh Thyme stores with their full portfolio of delicious and protein-rich plant-based products including “Chorizo,” Ground “Beef,” and Chopped Chick’ …

Star Roses and Plants is Helping Future Generations Blossom with a Donation of 100 Rose Plants to Philadelphia Area Schools

May 13, 2022 Star Roses and Plants

Two Philadelphia area high schools will be blooming with color this spring, thanks to Star® Roses and Plants. The company donated 100 Petite Knock Out® miniature rose plants to W.B. Saul High School’s flower garden and Abraham Lincoln High School’s “Wellness Quadrant” to help support each schools’ agricultural programs. The roses are being planted this spring and tended to over the years by the agriculture students and teachers from these two schools. …