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Gotham Greens launches new salad kit line
Gotham Greens launches new salad kit line

The salad kits, featuring greenhouse-grown lettuce as well as toppings and dressings, are now available at select Kroger and Jewel-Osco stores, with additional distribution in early 2024.

Mastronardi heralds the arrival of 4 new Queen of Greens salad kits
Mastronardi heralds the arrival of 4 new Queen of Greens salad kits

The salad kits feature the brand’s premium crafted lettuce blends and carefully selected toppings that create four SKUs of vibrant flavors and textures, according to a news release.

Why packaged salads and greens continue to entice shoppers
Why packaged salads and greens continue to entice shoppers

Convenience and an ever-expanding array of varieties keep consumers coming back for more.

Bowery salads are in vending machines in mid-Atlantic
Bowery salads are in vending machines in mid-Atlantic

There’s less of an excuse to choose the candy or chips when you have fresh salad options in vending machines.

Former FDA deputy commissioner offers insight about the food safety evolution ahead
Former FDA deputy commissioner offers insight about the food safety evolution ahead

The Packer met with Frank Yiannas to discuss his recent pivot to the private sector, why fresh produce needs food safety leaders and the opportunities he sees to raise the bar for indoor-grown leafy greens.

3 food safety tools that could level up the fresh produce supply chain
3 food safety tools that could level up the fresh produce supply chain

The Food Safety Modernization Act’s new traceability final rule, the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement’s leafy greens assessment tool and the “Romaine Test and Learn” study seek to raise the bar and improve food safety.

Braga Fresh launches 5 new salads under Josie’s Organics brand
Braga Fresh launches 5 new salads under Josie’s Organics brand

The organic salad brand is introducing two new organic chopped salad kits and three organic salad blends at the upcoming Southern Innovations conference this September in Charlotte, N.C.

Plenty adds Whole Foods Market and Gelson’s Markets to roster of California stores
Plenty adds Whole Foods Market and Gelson’s Markets to roster of California stores

The vertical, controlled environment agriculture greens grower says it’s doubling its retail footprint by expanding to Whole Foods Market and Gelson’s Markets California stores.

Fresh Express kicks off football season with inaugural Healthy Game Day promotion
Fresh Express kicks off football season with inaugural Healthy Game Day promotion

The online and social promotion, which highlights better-for-you versions of favorite game day recipes, invites consumers to enter a contest for the chance to win prizes.

Markon touts versatility in new ready-to-use foodservice salad mix
Markon touts versatility in new ready-to-use foodservice salad mix

Foodservice-focused produce company Markon Cooperative is launching a pre-cut, washed and ready-to-use salad mix called Harvest Crisp Blend.

Picking up the pieces: California lettuce and leafy greens stabilize after rocky spring
Picking up the pieces: California lettuce and leafy greens stabilize after rocky spring

“Planting schedules just got thrown completely off kilter this year, and that just ripples through a season,” Mary Zischke, Grower-Shipper Association of Central California told The Packer.

Braga Fresh introduces two organic, vegan salad kits
Braga Fresh introduces two organic, vegan salad kits

The Soledad, Calif.-based home of Josie’s Organics is introducing two organic, vegan chopped salad kits to its family of products in time for National Salad Month.

Litehouse campaign asks: Why don’t you have a ‘Ranch Guy’?
Litehouse campaign asks: Why don’t you have a ‘Ranch Guy’?

The “Litehouse in the House” salad dressing and dip campaign by Sandpoint, Idaho-based Litehouse is calling on consumers to get the summertime salad party started.

How retail dietitians get shoppers to eat their leafy greens
How retail dietitians get shoppers to eat their leafy greens

"Lettuce" put more greens on that plate, says Hannaford Supermarkets retail dietitian Allison J. Stowell. This is what shoppers like in the salad category.

Plenty makes plans to dive into R&D at new Wyoming facility: A Q&A with Nate Storey
Plenty makes plans to dive into R&D at new Wyoming facility: A Q&A with Nate Storey

Plenty’s co-founder and chief science officer believes the new facility, set to open in 2025, will be “the world’s largest vertical farming research center."

Growing under glass: Talking indoor ag with Revol Greens' Tom Thompson
Growing under glass: Talking indoor ag with Revol Greens' Tom Thompson

The indoor hydroponic grower's chief revenue officer shares why he thinks controlled environment agriculture will continue to grow and sharpen its connection with consumers in 2023.

Plenty partners with Walmart, secures $400M in funding
Plenty partners with Walmart, secures $400M in funding

Leaders from Walmart and One Madison Group will join Plenty’s board of directors. Funds will aid Plenty’s growth, which includes using its technology platform to sell multicrop farms directly to business partners.

Salinas Valley infrastructure needs a makeover: Q&A with Jim White at Growers Ice
Salinas Valley infrastructure needs a makeover: Q&A with Jim White at Growers Ice

The 4,200,000 square feet of facilities in the Salinas Valley are an average 42 years old and are in desperate need of updates, according to the CEO of Growers Ice, a post-harvest real estate company.

Local Bounti breaks ground at new controlled environment agriculture facility in Texas
Local Bounti breaks ground at new controlled environment agriculture facility in Texas

Local Bounti is aiming to expand national distribution footprint and reduce food miles with new construction in Texas.

Fresh Express campaign: Eat green to win green
Fresh Express campaign: Eat green to win green

Value-added salad company Fresh Express launched the new year with its annual #FreshIntentions Challenge, an online and social campaign for consumers to achieve their goals in 2023.

Mastronardi purchases AppHarvest farm in $127M sale-leaseback deal
Mastronardi purchases AppHarvest farm in $127M sale-leaseback deal

A portion of proceeds from the sale-leaseback will repay a $30 million bridge loan from Mastronardi Produce to AppHarvest, along with the first two years of prepaid rent at the Berea farm, according to a news release.

BrightFarm launches packaged salads in new markets
BrightFarm launches packaged salads in new markets

The hydroponic packaged salad producer will be showcasing and sampling their premium Crunch Kit salads during IFPA’s Global Show this Oct. 27-29 in Orlando, Fla.

Bowery Farming offers three new salad kits 
Bowery Farming offers three new salad kits 

New York-based vertical farming company Bowery has launched three new salad kits, expanding the company’s offerings beyond leafy greens, herbs, and two types of strawberries.

Tim York
A peek behind the curtain at LGMA

Our values guide us in good times and bad, and a clearly defined organizational purpose will articulate the benefits of our organizations to our employees, customers and society as a whole.

Tim York
Where were you when ...?

I remember vividly where I was on Sept. 15, 2006, when the Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory warning consumers not to eat spinach.

Tim York
What’s behind LGMA’s preharvest testing requirement

At its last meeting, the LGMA board voted unanimously to require its members to conduct preharvest testing of product grown in fields where elevated risk factors may be present.

Tim York
A food safety call to produce buyers

Updating LGMA’s required food safety practices is an involved process that seeks input from scientists, food safety experts and the public. No other entity is capable of making widespread change as quickly as we can.

Value-added lettuce riding high as National Salad Month approaches
Value-added lettuce riding high as National Salad Month approaches

Value-added leafy greens accounted for nearly 10% of total fresh produce sales at retail in 2020, bringing in $7.2 billion and demonstrating continued strong demand for convenience items.

Tim York
President Biden, ask your FDA leadership to visit a lettuce farm!

Let’s face it, Bill Marler has made a lot of money telling a story in which young children are the victims, lettuce farmers are the villains and he plays the hero.

Revol Greens hires Michael Wainscott as CFO

Revol Greens, Owatonna, Minn., has hired Michael Wainscott as chief financial officer, a new role at the company.

Among Cornucopia Farms' offerings are Genovese basil (upper left), romaine (bottom left), spring mix (upper center), red leaf (lower center), bibb lettuce (upper right) and green leaf lettuce (lower right).
Greenhouse grower Cornucopia Farms expands in Georgia

Cornucopia Farms Inc. (CFI), a Marietta, Ga.-based early-stage company, is pleased to announce that construction has commenced on the expansion of its greenhouse hydroponic farm.

Dole recalls Sesame Asian Chopped Salad Kits due to allergen
Dole recalls Sesame Asian Chopped Salad Kits due to allergen

Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is recalling Sesame Asian Chopped Salad Kits in nine states after the wrong salad dressing and topping pack was included in the kits.

Controlled-atmosphere agriculture survey signals 2021 optimism

A recent report on controlled-environment agriculture shows that greenhouse and vertical and indoor farm growers are overwhelmingly optimistic about 2021.

FiveStar Gourmet debuts taco salad with Beyond Meat crumbles

FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., is offering a new vegetarian taco salad with Beyond Meat protein, and the company has plans for more products with the plant-based protein.

Pete’s introduces Greenhouse Fresh salads with a sustainability focus

Hydroponic living lettuce grower Pete’s, Carpinteria, Calif., is launching Greenhouse Fresh, a line of packaged salads that highlights sustainability practices at the company.

Little Leaf Farms salads available through Amazon Fresh

Consumers in the Boston and New York City areas can now order products from Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., through Amazon Fresh.

Baby kale is one of the new baby greens that Guelph, Ontario-based GoodLeaf Farms is now offering.
GoodLeaf Farms introduces baby greens

Guelph, Ontario-based GoodLeaf Farms is adding baby greens to its product line. 

New Product Review — Just Add Chicken salad kits from Dole
New Product Review — Just Add Chicken salad kits from Dole

Curious about the new Just Add Chicken salad kits from Dole? Retail editor Ashley Nickle and copy editor and designer Amelia Freidline tried them out for the latest new product review in the Millennials Eat video series.

Kalera names industry veterans to lead retail, foodservice sales
Kalera names industry veterans to lead retail, foodservice sales

Vertical farming company Kalera, Orlando, Fla., has hired Marc Jennings as vice president of foodservice sales and Mark Gagnon as vice president of sales for retail accounts.

California LGMA launches information website on leafy greens

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has launched a website, lettuceinfo.org, as the ultimate resource on “everything you need to know about lettuce and leafy greens.”

Ark Foods launches Clean Label Salads
Ark Foods launches Clean Label Salads

Ark Foods, Brooklyn, N.Y., is showcasing a new line, Clean Label Salads, at the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit.

Superior Fresh makes a splash with Citrus Splash salad

Superior Fresh has introduced an organic salad, Citrus Splash.

New Product Review — Vegetable meal kits, new chopped salads from Taylor Farms
New Product Review — Vegetable meal kits, new chopped salads from Taylor Farms

Curious about the new vegetable meal kits and new chopped salads from Taylor Farms? In case you haven't yet scored a sample, Amelia and Ashley gave them a try at home as part of their New Product Review series.

New Product Review — New salads from Bonduelle
New Product Review — New salads from Bonduelle

Curious about the new salads coming from Bonduelle? In case you haven't yet scored a sample, Amelia and Ashley gave them a try at home as part of their New Product Review series for Fresh Summit.

Fresh-cut produce, such these products on display at Star Market in Boston, is subject to new traceability measures in a rule proposal by the FDA.
FDA schedules three virtual meetings on traceability rule

The Food and Drug Administration is scheduling three day-long virtual meetings on its proposed rule to increase traceability requirements on fresh produce and other foods.

California LGMA stresses standards for treating water
California LGMA stresses standards for treating water

As Canada prepared tighter import rules for California leafy greens, the food safety standards group that oversees those crops emphasized steps it’s taken to protect the crops.

FiveStar Gourmet’s Fig & Walnuts Salad exclusive to Costco
FiveStar Gourmet’s Fig & Walnuts Salad exclusive to Costco

FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., is offering its new family-size Fig & Walnut Salad exclusively at Costco stores.

Mastronardi Produce to debut Queen of Greens salad line
Mastronardi Produce to debut Queen of Greens salad line

Greenhouse grower Mastronardi Produce has a new lettuce brand, Queen of Greens, which will begin shipping in mid-October.

CDC: summer’s Cyclospora outbreak from salad over
CDC: summer’s Cyclospora outbreak from salad over

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared the summer’s outbreak of Cyclospora linked to Fresh Express salads, but the Food and Drug Administration’s investigation still continues

Revol Greens secures funding, hires talent, adds acreage

Greenhouse and technology company Revol Greens, Owatonna, Minn., has raised $68 million in investments to expansion in Texas and added three people to its leadership team.