Calavo Growers, Inc. Announces Virtual Access for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

April 14, 2024 Calavo Growers

The Company will provide its shareholders with the capability to attend its 2024 annual shareholder meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) virtually. The Annual Meeting will consist of a formal business meeting only. The Company is offering the virtual alternative as a way for shareholders to have essentially the same meeting experience without attending in person.

Heart of the Harvest Chooses ReposiTrak Traceability Network to Meet and Exceed FDA’s FSMA 204 Food Traceability Regulation

April 14, 2024 Heart of the Harvest

Through ReposiTrak (RTN), the company can collect a complex set of FDA-required Key Data Elements (KDEs) from each of its hundreds of valued suppliers, from any of the suppliers’ systems. Use of RTN enables Heart of the Harvest to meet and exceed the requirements of the FDA’s FSMA 204 food traceability law.

USDA Seeks National Mushroom Council Nominees

April 14, 2024 USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for the Mushroom Council to fill three seats with terms expiring Dec. 31, 2027 and one seat whose term will expire Dec. 31, 2025. Nomination applications are due by May 1, 2024.

Congressmen Higgins, Nehls Introduce the Save Our Shrimpers Act

Congressmen Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Troy Nehls (R-TX) introduced the Save Our Shrimpers Act of 2024, which would prohibit federal funds from being made available to International Financial Institutions (IFIs) that subsidize foreign activity relating to shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of shrimp to the United States.

Southern Shrimp Alliance Applauds Introduction of the Save Our Shrimpers Act

April 12, 2024 Southern Shrimp Alliance

The proposed legislation stems from concerns raised by the Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) last year in A Crisis of Our Own Making, a research report cataloging the role played by international financial institutions, like the World Bank, in the creation of excess shrimp aquaculture capacity. U.S. taxpayers help fund development programs through international financial institutions, including billions of dollars invested in foreign shrimp aquaculture.