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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.

Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce, Inc., has partnered with China avocado brand Mr. Avocado for the first-ever shipment of avocados to China from California.

This is part two of a two-part report on takeaways from the second and third days of BrandStorm 2021.

One good list deserves another. Following up on our first set of takeaways from the opening day of United Fresh’s BrandStorm event, here are a few more highlights from the last two days of the virtual conference.

Humble Produce Owner: Miguel Medina, has worked tirelessly over the last 6 months working with growers in Mexico to try to restore the faith.

A coalition of ag groups has filed a lawsuit to block Coachella’s urgency ordinance mandating farmers and other agricultural employers pay an additional four dollars per hour to their employees for at least 120 days.

LeadNY, a New York leadership development program, is accepting applications for its next class of northeastern leaders in food, agriculture and natural resources.

All humility aside, it’s good to be first. Florida is the first state in the U.S. to have ripe, marketable peaches each year, a point of pride for the state’s growers and marketers.