Ed Boling

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Rivermaid Trading Co is a California cherry and pear grower-shipper. The cherry program has evolved significantly over the last 10 years for the company. Recently, it has added new growers.
Juice has been a popular alternative to eating fresh fruits and vegetables for some time. Fresno, Calif.-based Trinity Fruit Sales has added their own brand to the table.
Shippers and consumers both get excited for the California cherry season. This company handles cherries from all growing regions, which gives it an early start and long season.
Beachside Produce LLC plans for more volume this year. The company has begun its season and is looking for strawberry growers to rotate its other crops with.
Gold Coast Packing Co has focused on pursuing innovation and value-added produce for over 40 years. That makes change a certainty.
The past two years of food supply disruption have brought greater awareness of essential workers and the challenges of supply chain woes, including the role of agriculture’s frontline workers, farmworkers.
After almost a century of business Ocean Mist Farms branched out into a new product. The company’s purple artichoke is now in its third harvest and doing well.
Local Bounti Corporation, a U.S. indoor agriculture company, announced that it will acquire indoor farming company Hollandia Produce Group, Inc., which operates under the name Pete’s, for $122.5 million.
A new, smaller item just began shipping in February from an established shipper. Tanimura and Antle added a new produce item to its recently refreshed artisan line — baby iceberg lettuce.
The multiple global disruptions have created a mixed bag of outcomes. One constant is freight and gas prices continue to be high and rising.