Berry marketer Wish Farms has opened the doors to its new headquarters in Plant City, Fla.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony in late March commemorated the company’s official move to its new 24,000 square foot office on its 36-acre campus, according to a news release.
“Our company has a one-hundred-year relationship with the community of Plant City,” Wish Farms’ owner Gary Wishnatzki said in the news release. “Our connection goes back to our days on the State Farmers Market and beyond. This is a strawberry town, so keeping our new address here means a lot to our company, employees and growers.”
The land on which the campus is built has a strong connection to agriculture, according to the release. Proceeds from its sale in 2018 were placed into a charitable trust benefiting local FFA and agriculture education by the previous owner, Joe Kuhn.
“It’s about empowering and inspiring the next generation to love (agriculture) as much as their parents and grandparents…and you have built something here that carries on that legacy,” Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried said of Wish Farms at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Many features inside the office utilize wood that was cut down from the site, according to the release, with the repurposed wood found in many custom areas throughout, including the adult-sized slide, reception desks, stair treads and conference tables.
In addition to the office built by construction company Barr and Barr, the campus features a blueberry farm, 125,000 square foot warehouse/cooling facility with a 20,000 square foot solar array, digital billboard, a treehouse, walking trails and lake, according to the release.
“It’s exciting because our new headquarters perfectly reflects our fun, family-friendly brand and will be a fantastic asset for retaining and recruiting top talent for many years to come,” Wishnatzki said in the release.
