Maddie Kearns is the Portland, Maine-based content manager with SeafoodSource and Seafood Expo events. Before diving into seafood writing, editing, and infographic-designing, she was the associate editor for an online publication geared toward small to mid-sized practice physicians, Medical Practice Insider. Maddie is a graduate of the University of Maine, where she served as a columnist and the opinion editor for the university's paper, The Maine Campus, and won a Grady Award in Creative Writing for her poetry.
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Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.-based Envisible has joined forces with Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A.-headquartered Certified Quality Foods, Inc., which does business as Seafood Analytics, in a push to capture quality product data on the former’s blockchain-enabled Wholechain traceability system.
The initiative will initially focus on sockeye salmon sold by Northline Seafoods in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Utilizing Seafood Analytics’ handheld
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Rich Products In-Store Bakery and Deli Direct Chains Division Senior Vice President John Wellenzohn has retired from the company, capping off a 43-year career, according to a 30 March announcement.
Wellenzohn, who officially retired on 2 April, started at the Buffalo, New York-headquartered food firm as a member of its sales team. He would go on to earn a series of promotions, Rich Products said, “taking on new roles with increasing
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The benefits of high-pressure processing (HPP) were immediately obvious for Stonington, Maine, U.S.A.-based seafood company Greenhead Lobster when it upgraded its operations, courtesy of a partnership with equipment developer Hiperbaric, in 2019 ...
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Groups and organizations involved in the global seafood industry, as well as individual stakeholders and scientists, are responding with concern to a new Netflix documentary, “Seaspiracy,” which purports to investigate the impact of commercial fishing on marine ecosystems and wildlife.
The 90-minute film, which has consistently led Netflix's top 10 rankings around the world since its late-March release, was created by the same team
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New products geared toward the emerging plant-based seafood analogs market have been rolled out by Germany firms Planteneers and Loryma …
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Berlin, Germany-based biotech firm Bluu Biosciences, founded just ten months ago, has closed its seed funding round at EUR 7 million (USD 8.2 million), according to a 26 March announcement.
The company said it is the first in Europe specializing in cell-based fish development and production …
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Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.-based Proseal, a developer of advanced tray sealing solutions for seafood, ready-meals, and other proteins, recently launched its newly-developed skin packaging technology, Skin2.
Proseal, which is one of the first tray sealing manufacturers to bring skin packaging to market, said its Skin2 product “increases cycle speeds over existing skin processes, while reducing unit and equipment costs.”
The company
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The Solar Impulse Foundation has awarded Cincinnati, Ohio-based company SEAREN with its Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label for the firm’s multi-function Vacuum AirLift (VAL) aquaculture water purification device.
To earn approval under the Solar Impulse label, a company must be able to demonstrate a solution’s ability to profitably solve problems in one or more of five areas: water, clean energy, infrastructure, sustainable
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The sustainability movement in seafood encompasses a vast network of initiatives and individuals committed to driving lasting change.
Working within the movement can feel “like being in a galaxy,” according to Walton Family Foundation Senior Environmental Program Officer Teresa Ish, in that it inspires awe and, at the same time, a sense of uncertainty about where to turn next.
“It’s hard to see the galaxy when
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