Greens
Severe drought and unseasonable spring heat in North Carolina are causing significant yield losses for specialty crops like brassicas and berries while simultaneously increasing pest pressures for regional organic growers.
By monitoring wind-speed thresholds and deploying automated thermal irrigation, the producer is turning the unpredictable frost event into a manageable data point.
Olivia’s Organics’ new offerings include organic green leaf and organic red and green leaf products grown in the Northeast.
Christian Bengard, a third-generation family member, brings more than six years of produce sales experience from Well-Pict/Gem-Pack, along with years of exposure within the fresh produce industry.
Greg Cyr will succeed Norma St. Amant who is retiring. San Diego Farms says Cyr brings extensive leadership and will help the company expand.
The Salinas, Calif.-based company has acquired Chichester, England-based, Natures Way Foods, a well-known provider of freshly prepared salads, cole slaw and potato salads.
The company will feature a new spinach offerings and a new addition to their specialty variety line, the Beet Greens blend at IFPA Show.
A study partially funded by the Center for Produce Safety found that water, soil, floors and more are key contamination hotspots for CEA systems.
Recent research partially funded by the Center for Produce Safety shows that, while not perfect, water sanitizers can reduce illness risk.
The indoor farmer’s packaging redesign highlights key benefits of greenhouse-grown greens, including long-lasting freshness and pesticide-free salads.
Danny Bernstein, founder and CEO of The Reservoir, shares how creating a test plot for research and development can help bring more innovation to specialty crops.
This National Salad Month, the company said it is offering a no-wilt solution with a chance to win a year’s supply of lettuce and a $2,500 grocery gift card.
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement presented how its coalition of growers are being proactive about product safety through self-imposed practices.
Following a wet start to spring, growers report the Golden State’s leafy green production looks to be on pace to deliver good size and quantity.
Amid weather and labor obstacles, South Texas growers expect normal supplies of winter vegetables to resume by early December.
The company says Conscious Greens — field-grown greens that eat like lettuce — were developed with technology using CRISPR, a gene-editing technique used to make changes to the DNA of a plant.
New products include baby spinach, spring mix, arugula, power greens, baby kale, romaine and more.
A warm winter and rainy spring with a few hail storms and tornadoes have put a damper on some of Georgia’s crops, which peak in marketable volume mid-May to mid-June.
Leafy-greens-focused traceability pilots being conducted by industry operators now will help reveal insights about industry gaps in traceability.
North Shore Herbs and Greens, Thermal, Calif., is showcasing its new organic potted microgreens at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
AeroFarms, the Newark, N.J.-based indoor aeroponic grower of greens and microgreens, has been named as one of Time magazine’s 100 Best Inventions.
With the way the crops in New Jersey are going, you would hardly know there’s a pandemic.
Bowery Farming has launched crispy leaf lettuce.
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.
Aries and Megan Haygood bought the farm, but in the best possible sense of the phrase.
Watsonville, Calif.-based Lakeside Organic Gardens LLC has a year-round program of 50 commodities, said Marliese McWherter, creative marketing manager.
At the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit, North Shore Living Herbs + Greens hosted a Zoom video Oct. 15 on how to make craft cocktails with living herbs.