Michael Family Farms, Urbana, Ohio, has increased its potato acreage by 35% in 2021 compared with 2020, said Kathy Michael Sponheim, co-owner and sales, marketing and administration.
Social media memes of the plump, pear-shaped avocado cartoon figure lifting weights or telling itself in the mirror that it’s the “good kind of fat” parallel the Health at Every Size movement.
Weather has been much better this season for Ohio produce, said Ken Holthouse, spokesman for sister companies North Fairfield, Ohio-based D.R. Walcher Farms and Willard, Ohio-based Holthouse Farms.
Fremont, Ohio-based Polter Berry Farm will farm a little more than 400 acres of vegetables, with major acreage of pumpkins, cabbage, bell peppers and strawberries.
Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Southern Specialties has handled Peruvian asparagus since 2001 and has year-round supply to offer customers, said Charlie Eagle, vice president of business development.
