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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.

The Devens, Mass.-based cultivator of packaged lettuce grown through controlled environment agriculture is thinking big this National Salad Month.

California-based seed breeder Tozer continues to improve arugula varieties, introducing mildew-resistant wild types such as Aphrodite and Eros this spring.

The New York-based vertical farming company has partnered with kosher retail and foodservice distributor Kayco to make five varieties of greens available at hundreds of area kosher supermarkets.

Amid weather and labor obstacles, South Texas growers expect normal supplies of winter vegetables to resume by early December.

The Springfield, Ohio, operation has more than 2 million plants growing at any given time, with the capacity to grow more than 2.4 million packages of herbs and leafy greens in a year.

The Soledad, Calif.-based company and home of Josie’s Organics will harvest and market a trial crop of regeneratively grown fresh vegetables beginning on Earth Day, April 22. 

The plants set a record for the longest time leafy greens have been grown on the space station.

New York-based Bowery Farming has unveiled a line of rotating, small-batch greens in its Farmer’s Selection line.

Orlando, Fla.-based vertical farming company Kalera said it will begin construction on a facility in the Columbus, Ohio area, set to open in 2021.  The facility will generate about 65 jobs, according to a news release.

Forget the Green Party. The Leafy Greens Party wants your vote.

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.

Leafy-greens-focused traceability pilots being conducted by industry operators now will help reveal insights about industry gaps in traceability.

Dubbed the ‘original dark leafy greens in a bag,’ San Miguel Produce’s Cut ‘N Clean Greens is marking its 25th anniversary.

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.

Watsonville, Calif.-based Lakeside Organic Gardens LLC has a year-round program of 50 commodities, said Marliese McWherter, creative marketing manager.

With the way the crops in New Jersey are going, you would hardly know there’s a pandemic.

Aries and Megan Haygood bought the farm, but in the best possible sense of the phrase. 

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.

Fresh fruit sales were up about 9% for the four-week period, while fresh vegetable sales were up 25%.

The Packer’s Tom Karst visited April 6 with Scott Horsfall, CEO of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement. 

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Gotham Greens has opened a 100,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse outside Baltimore. 

Increased regulations and other issues have prompted San Miguel Produce to reduce Ventura County, Calif., acreage and partner with other growers across North America to ensure a year-round supply.

Leafy greens grower, processor and shipper WP Rawl, Pelion, S.C., recently celebrated its 95th year in business.

Leafy greens company San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has redesigned its website with the goal of aiding consumers looking for recipes and health information on dark leafy greens.

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.

WP Rawl, Pelion, S.C., is processing value-added products with a new line at its Bunnell, Fla., plant.

Hydroponic greenhouse grower BrightFarms’ next project is in Hendersonville, N.C., with a 280,000-square-foot facility estimated to produce up to two million pounds of leafy greens to retailers in the region.

United Kingdom-based The Watercress Co. and Newburgh, N.Y.-based leafy greens supplier Solata Foods have plans to elevate watercress in the U.S. with retail and foodservice products.

North Shore Herbs and Greens, Thermal, Calif., is showcasing its new organic potted microgreens at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.

San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard Calif., has hired Jennifer Osborne as director of sales.

North Shore Living Herbs and Greens has hired Debbie Remblence as sales manager.

Fresh-cut greens company San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has moved to a new 85,000-square-foot facility that increases its capacity.

B&W Quality Growers, Fellsmere, Fla., has achieved Kosher certification for its value-added baby leaves, including watercress, arugula, red kale, spinach and Power 4 line.

San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has hired John Killeen as vice president and general manager.

Private equity firm Blue Road Capital has purchased Fellsmere, Fla.-based B&W Quality Growers LLC.

Rhode Island government and community leaders joined Viraj Puri, co-founder and CEO of Gotham Greens, Brooklyn, N.Y., in announcing the company’s first urban greenhouse farm in New England.

Greens grower-processor WP Rawl, Pelion, S.C., is turning over a new leaf with a packaging update.

Adding a new grow room, Faribault, Minn.-based Living Greens Farm is expanding its aeroponic growing space.

Greens company WP Rawl is launching a new campaign with the new year, targeting the full range of consumers, with attention to baby boomers and millennials.

An indoor farm in Brooklyn, N.Y., wants to do its part to restore consumer confidence in greens.

From hurricanes in the southeast to wildfires and Santa Ana winds in California and rain in Texas, weather and natural disasters have greatly reduced the availability of collard greens in the holiday season.

Leafy greens grower WP Rawl, Pelion, S.C., has expanded the Nature’s Greens Organic line with more value-added offerings.

Grower-shippers anticipate continued growth in the leafy greens and value-added salad categories, and many say they plan to expand their product lines with new organic offerings.

San Miguel Produce Inc., which markets the Cut ‘N Clean Greens brand of bagged greens, is changing sales management roles in the West and Midwest regions.

San Miguel Produce Inc. has hired Bob Cummings as vice president of sales and marketing.

Greens grower-shipper San Miguel Produce Inc. has resumed full operations after the December Thomas fire, which swept through Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

South Bay, Fla.-based Branch: A Family of Farms is anticipating a strong leafy vegetable season with new varieties, having dodged crop damage from Hurricane Irma in September.

Pelion, S.C.-based leafy green grower, processor and shipper WP Rawl donated produce to food-insecure individuals in the state.

Indoor vertical grower AeroFarms has secured $40 million in Series D financing, pulling in investors from Dubai, London, New York, Beijing and The Netherlands.