Organic
Earl’s Organic Produce, San Francisco, is expanding into space it originally occupied at the San Francisco Market, giving the company almost 90,000 square feet.
Organic potato sales out of Wisconsin got an early booster shot from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, although sales later leveled off, suppliers said.
Pacific Organic Produce, San Francisco, is importing organic lemons from Sonora Mexico, with supplies through October.
Soledad, Calif.-based Braga Fresh Family Farms plans to extend its Josie’s Organics Cut Veg product line by late October with an organic riced cauliflower option, said Heather Fuller, senior sales manager.
Sage Fruit Co. LLC, Yakima, Wash., has welcomed Yakima-based Congdon Orchards to its team of grower-packer-shippers of Washington tree fruit, said Chuck Sinks, Sage Fruit’s president of sales and marketing.
Researchers are contacting organic citrus growers for help in developing a holistic approach in battling citrus greening disease, also known as huanglongbing/HLB.
The CCOF Foundation is helping organic farmers affected by California wildfires.
Happy Dirt, a wholesale organic produce distributor based in North Carolina, is proud to announce the launch of its new website at www.happydirt.com.
Belvidere, N.J.-based Edible Garden, a greenhouse grower of herbs and lettuces, has launched a unique campaign to seek investors to expand.
While the Organic Grower Summit will not be held as a live in-person event this year, a virtual event featuring leaders of three of the nation’s most recognized and progressive organic growers has been scheduled.
Cal Poly is set to change the landscape of organic agriculture with a $5 million donation made to the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences by Grimmway Farms.
TerraFresh Organics, an organic fruit company supplying organic citrus, mangos, stone fruit and grapes to North America, is prepared for a solid organic Mexican citrus season.
Organic onion and potato sales continue to trend upward, even during the COVID-19 pandemic — and, perhaps because of the pandemic, marketers say.
Peppers are a mainstay of retail fresh produce departments, and for good reason. Retailers use fresh peppers as a destination category to attract attention and to stand out to their shoppers.
The Justice Department is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to allow hydroponic operations to be certified organic.
Jeff Huckaby, president of Grimmway Farms and Cal-Organic Farms, Bakersfield, Calif., has been named the Organic Trade Association’s Organic Farmer of the Year.
The Organic Trade Association reports that organic food sales in 2019 surpassed $50 billion, including $18 billion for organic produce.
Awe Sum Organics, Santa Cruz, Calif., expects to have Pacific Northwest blueberries starting June 22.
The Coalition for Sustainable Organics, which supports organic regulations allowing hydroponic and container systems to be organic, is pleased a schedule for a lawsuit on the issue has been set.
The 2020 Organic Grower Summit, originally planned for Dec. 9-10 in Monterey, Calif., has been canceled.
The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t seem to have hurt sales of organic produce.
Consumers seem to have an affinity for organic avocados, and suppliers are doing their best to keep the organic pipeline flowing.
Seven years ago, when Steve Wright signed on with Shenandoah Growers Inc., a Rockingham, Va.-based herb grower, about 20% of the company’s products were organically grown and 80% were conventional.
Organic fraud and traceability techniques are the focus of two new courses offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Organic Integrity Learning Center.
The packaging issue has turned into a dilemma for the produce industry in general and the organic segment in particular.
Globalmex International has expanded offerings of year-round tomato varieties under the Magic Sun label.
Gladstone Land Corp., McClean, Va., has purchased 2,515 acres of pistachio trees and organic farmland in the Fresno, Calif., area.
Farm Fresh Direct, Monte Vista, Colo., has promoted Lonnie Gillespie to a new position for the company, chief organic officer.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Standards Board’s fall meeting will be online, and meeting materials, proposals and other information is available for viewing.
Chelan Fresh Marketing is offering organic Rockit and organic Cosmic Crisp apple varieties for the first time this season and organic SugarBee apples for the second season.