AFT Chairman, Local Officials Attend Adventist “Blessing” of Atlantic Natural Foods Facility

AFT Holdings Inc. Chairman J. Douglas Hines last week joined Nashville Mayor Dr. Donald B. Street, principal members of Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF), stakeholders, and associates for a traditional Seventh-day Adventist blessing of ANF’s Nashville-based manufacturing facility. The ceremony was held December 11 and was led by Elder Rick Russell, vice president and treasurer of

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Atlantic Natural Foods Acquires Iconic Loma Linda® Brand

As a part of the agreement, Atlantic Natural Foods will also license the Worthington Foods® brand of shelf stable meat alternatives until it transitions to Loma Linda®. Since 2008, Atlantic Natural Foods had been the exclusive producer of these shelf stable canned products by way of its Nashville, North Carolina, facility. The acquisition provides Atlantic

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AFT Holdings Voices Concern Over Waning U.S. Interest in Pacific Ocean Fisheries

American treaty negotiations with the Pacific Island Nations concluded Saturday in Auckland, New Zealand, with a “No Deal” conclusion, leaving the United States Tuna Fleet without fishing access to the Pacific Ocean in 2015. Proposed closure in U.S. territories in the Pacific currently under review by the Administration to revise the status to “Protected Monument

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LONDON-BASED SEEDRS NEWEST HARVEST IN AFT HOLDINGS’ TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO

AFT Holdings, Inc. announced today its investment in London-based startup Seedrs, the world’s first fully regulated equity crowdfunding platform open to investors and entrepreneurs throughout Europe. Since its launch in July 2012, Seedrs has demonstrated notable success in transparently and affordably connecting entrepreneurs seeking early-stages startup capital with enthusiastic investors. “As an international investment group,

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