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It happened after Morehead, Ky-based AppHarvest and Novus Capital Corp. completed its business combination and related charter amendments.
TOMRA Food announced its new organization focused on two business areas, Fresh Food and Processed Food.
The Allen Lund Company announces the celebration of its 45th anniversary in 2021.
London-based AgriDex, calling itself the “world’s first digital market place” for the food sector, has announced it will begin operations before the fourth quarter of this year.
Richmond, Va.-based Proseal is offering advanced tray sealing machines for soft fruit growers.
Philadelphia-based AgroFresh Solutions Inc. has launched plant-based edible coatings for produce freshness under the VitaFresh Botanicals brand.
Watsonville, Calif.-based Driscoll’s has announced a partnership with the Israel-based technology solutions company Consumer Physics to leverage its SCiO technology to innovate Driscoll’s quality measurement process.
The Migiva Group, owner of South America fresh produce grower-exporter Agricola Andrea, has partnered with Chicago-based Hazel Technologies to trial Hazel Tech post-harvest application for grapes on a commercial scale.
Murrieta, Calif.-based West Pak Avocado has partnered with Apeel to extended shelf life and reduce food waste for their premium avocados.
A $314 million ag-tech center — that will grow indoors, copack, distribute and sometimes process fresh greens, tomatoes, blueberries and other produce — is coming to South Carolina.
Orlando, Fla.-based Kalera has announced the purchase of a facility in St. Paul, Minn., which they will convert to a vertical farming facility, according to a news release.
Concentric Power Inc.. has announced it has broken ground on a 5.0 MW microgrid for Tasteful Selections.
Chicago-based Hazel Technologies Miami-based WP Produce report strong growth in the volume of Dominican Republic tropical avocados treated with the technology.
Apeel has announced an expanded partnership network made up of more than 20 avocado industry leaders using Apeel’s plant-based protection in the U.S., Latin America and Europe.
Salix Fruits, the fresh fruit import and export company celebrates its 10th anniversary presenting its app that it developed together with Lyncros.
RipeLocker, a leader in extending the post-harvest life of perishables, today announced it has raised $5 million in series B capital from angel investors.
Inside the 174,000 square foot facility millions of lettuce plants grow from seed to harvest without the single touch of human hands.
Chicago-based Hazel Technologies, Inc. announces panelists to speak at the virtual Apple Quality Summit held on Friday April 30th.
Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers has selected 13 companies for the first cohort of its Global Harvest Automation Initiative, a project that aims to automate 50% of specialty crop harvest within 10 years.
Hazel Technologies Inc., has announced a new partnership with Specialty Crop Co., the world’s largest fig grower and producer of pistachios, almonds, pomegranates, citrus, kiwi and persimmons.
New York City-based vertical grower Bowery Farming has opened Farm X, an innovation hub for plant science in Kearny, N.J., next to Bowery’s original R&D Center of Excellence and first commercial farm.
R.E.A.CH. International brought back its annual Greenhouse Competitions, including The Hottest Tomato, The Perfect Pepper, The Coolest Cucumber and the Sweetest Strawberry competitions.
GS1 US announced that Strella Biotech has won the $10,000 first-place grand prize in the third-annual GS1 US Startup Lab Pitch Competition.
As shown by the recent ransomware attack on meatpacker JBS SA, agricultural businesses are not exempt from cybercrime.
The number and size of ransomware incidents have increased significantly, Anne Neuberger, deputy assistant to President Biden, said in a June 2 letter to corporate executives and business leaders.
Produce companies must think the unthinkable and prepare for cyber-attacks before they happen, one consultant says.
Hazel Technologies and Homestead, FL-based A.R. Produce & Trucking Corp. are pleased to report that outstanding quality and program growth continues for key tropical commodities.
California Giant Berry Farms partners with OnePointOne to boost berry innovation
It’s no secret the indoor agriculture sector is exploding with startups and existing companies expanding and gaining investments, some going public. But how to scale up wisely amid all this excitement?
The primary sector of tropical and sub-tropical countries is now booming and, alongside more traditional crops, the production of pomegranate and berry fruits is also strongly developing.