Myrtle Beach business leaders target retirees, veterans to help with struggling workforce
Myrtle Beach city leaders calling on retirees, veterans looking to rejoin workforce By Nia Watson | April 28, 2021 at 7:40 PM EDT - Updated April 28 at 8:33 PM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - While business recovery from the pandemic is going better than expected in the Grand Strand, staffing shortages remain a critical issue.
“We helped get some folks employed and then another wave of openings has come forward,” Karen Riordan, CEO of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, said.
Typically, the chamber targets high school seniors, as well as young to middle-aged adults for job opportunities.
Cut rockmelons tracked from paddock to plate for the first time in Australia
In an Australian first, Brad Dawson of Dawson Melon Co in Red Cliffs Vic, in collaboration with FreshChain Systems, NSW DPI and in-store support from specialty fresh food retailers Harris Farm Markets and Market Place Fresh have tracked whole and cut rockmelons from Dawson Melon fields in the Sunraysia region to plates across Australia.
This initiative is part of the Federal Government Grants program encouraging greater adoption of traceability in fresh food which concluded round one funding in September of 2020. Successful lead grant applicant and FreshChain’s Director, Greg Calvert congratulated Brad Dawson for his vision and appetite to provide his customers and consumers greater confidence in both the safety and quality of his rockmelons.
Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, the Hon. David Littleproud MP
Member for Mallee, Victoria and Chair of Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories, Dr Anne Webster MP
Australian rockmelons from Red Cliffs, Victoria, are now being exported to Canada and the United Kingdom using innovative traceability technology.
FreshChain Systems, which piloted a block-chain based system, was awarded a grant in the Traceability Grants Program in 2020.
Modern, accurate and timely traceability systems provide assurances to trading partners and consumers about the safety and quality of our produce.
FreshChain Systems has successfully piloted innovative blockchain technology exporting end to end traceable whole rockmelons from the Sunraysia region supported by the Australian Government Traceability Grants Program.