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New York-based BrightFarms plans to build a 250,000-square-foot greenhouse in Snyder County, Pa. — its second greenhouse in the state.

Long-time Twin City produce companies H. Brooks & Co. and its affiliates, and J&J Distributing are being acquired and consolidated into a new company, known as New Harvest Foods, helmed by industry veteran Ron Carkoski.

Edel, a lifelong Chicagoan, is the founder and executive director of The Plant, an evolving vertical farm housed in an old meatpacking plant in Chicago’s once-booming Union Stock Yards.

With year-round shipments of fruits and vegetables, Michigan is a fresh produce force in the U.S.

NEW YORK — The Big Apple is about to get uglier.

The James Beard Foundation announced five winners in its fifth annual Blended Burger Project.

Founded in 1919, John Vena is celebrating a century in business this year with a staff party in the fall plus several innovations.

In late winter and early spring, Ryeco created a new website that features a video of the market with shots from a drone.

New York City’s last milk processing plant is shutting down after nearly a century in operation, putting more than 270 people out of work.

Bartlett, Ill.-based distributor Get Fresh Produce has joined IF&P Foods, a private equity-backed family of produce and specialty food companies.