Genetic testing found that all shrimp sold at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival in New Orleans came from Gulf Waters. Andrew Greenstein reports it’s the latest in a venture started a year ago by a Texas man whose goal is to keep restaurants honest.
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The LSU Board of Supervisors has named a new president and the Baton Rouge campus will have a new chancellor as well. Jeff Palermo has the story,…
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Genetic testing from SeaD (“seed”) consulting has shown that for the second year in a row, all shrimp served at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival in New Orleans was indeed authentic, wild-caught Gulf shrimp. David Williams founded the company a year ago and began using what’s called the RIGHTTest to determine the species of the shrimp – specifically whether it’s Pacific white shrimp, which is not native to U.S. waters. Williams says through his efforts, several restaurants which had been serving imported shrimp have changed to domestic shrimp.
Williams says with more restaurants switching to domestic shrimp, that’s also helping the local shrimping industry, which has been struggling in recent years.
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A law that went into effect this year requires restaurants and food vendors to specify whether the seafood they serve is imported or not. While the labeling is usually applied to shrimp, the law actually applies to all seafood. As such, Williams says his company will be testing other seafood in all parts of the country in the years to come.
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A Jefferson Parish English teacher received the surprise of a lifetime today as she received a 25-thousand dollar Milken Educator Award. Sarah Watkins is an eighth grade English language arts teacher at Stella Worley Middle School in Westwego and was overcome with emotion when she learned that she was a recipient of this prestigious national accolade…
The 2009 graduate from Dillard University has been teaching for 16 years. The Milken Educator Award winner is known for having lively academic discussions in her classroom where students are participating in civil debate…
Watkins says her classes are discussion based…
Watkins is Louisiana’s 54th recipient since the Pelican State joined the Milken Educator Awards program in 2001.
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The LSU Board of Supervisors has named McNeese State University President Wade Rousse as the next president of LSU. One of the other finalists, Alabama provost Jim Dalton has been named LSU’s Executive Vice President. Rousse made it clear during the interview process, he felt for LSU to become a better academic and research institution, there needed to be a president overseeing the system and the Baton Rouge campus needed a chancellor…
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The vote to hire Rousse was 12 to 1. LSU Board of Supervisors member Laurie Lispey Aronson casted the lone no vote.
LSU Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott Ballard announced Rousse as the next president after the board spent about three hours in executive session…
In 2012, the roles of the LSU System President and Baton Rouge campus chancellor were combined. They’ve been separated again. Dalton has been Alabama’s provost since 2020 and has a background in pharmacy and developing prescription drugs. He’s excited about his move from Tuscaloosa to Baton Rouge…