Greens
North Shore Living Herbs and Greens has hired Debbie Remblence as sales manager.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Gotham Greens has proven its ambitions beyond “cute,” says Viraj Puri, co-founder and CEO of the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company.
Fresh fruit sales were up about 9% for the four-week period, while fresh vegetable sales were up 25%.
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.
Private equity firm Blue Road Capital has purchased Fellsmere, Fla.-based B&W Quality Growers LLC.
San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has hired John Killeen as vice president and general manager.
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.
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 Jennifer Osborne as director of sales.
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.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited April 6 with Scott Horsfall, CEO of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement.
Georgia growers who supply mostly retailers say they’re doing fine, but as for foodservice business — well, not so much.
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.
New York-based Bowery Farming has unveiled a line of rotating, small-batch greens in its Farmer’s Selection line.
The plants set a record for the longest time leafy greens have been grown on the space station.
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 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 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.
The Devens, Mass.-based cultivator of packaged lettuce grown through controlled environment agriculture is thinking big this National Salad Month.
The new blend is designed specifically for the Southern California market and available in 43 stores.
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.
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.
Fresh greens from Bowery Farming, New York, N.Y., are now available throughout the greater New York area from Peapod and will be offered on AmazonFresh in mid-April.
Jan Berk, chief operating officer of San Miguel Produce, Oxnard, Calif., is the honoree and featured speaker at the United Fresh Produce Association’s Women in Produce event.
Greens grower-processor WP Rawl, Pelion, S.C., is turning over a new leaf with a packaging update.
An indoor farm in Brooklyn, N.Y., wants to do its part to restore consumer confidence in greens.
California-based seed breeder Tozer continues to improve arugula varieties, introducing mildew-resistant wild types such as Aphrodite and Eros this spring.
“Right now, Arizona farms are actively growing and harvesting all leafy greens from iceberg and romaine to spinach and spring mix,” said Teressa Lopez, administrator of the Arizona LGMA program.