Lettuce
From families broken to rising food prices to reduced access to fresh food and food waste, the ripple effect of Trump’s immigration crackdown on agriculture could be far reaching, says the Emerald Packaging CEO.
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 Salinas, Calif.-based leafy greens and vegetable grower says its products were not the source of E. coli mentioned in a lawsuit brought forth by Marler Clark.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association presented an award to the greenhouse grower for its new paper lettuce bag, which is set to launch soon.
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.
The Food Safety Modernization Act’s new traceability final rule, the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement’s leafy greens assessment tool and the “Romaine Test and Learn” study seek to raise the bar and improve food safety.
The Packer met with Frank Yiannas to discuss his recent pivot to the private sector, why fresh produce needs food safety leaders and the opportunities he sees to raise the bar for indoor-grown leafy greens.
The vertical, controlled environment agriculture greens grower says it’s doubling its retail footprint by expanding to Whole Foods Market and Gelson’s Markets California stores.
“Planting schedules just got thrown completely off kilter this year, and that just ripples through a season,” Mary Zischke, Grower-Shipper Association of Central California told The Packer.
In its first-ever ad campaign, the controlled environment agriculture grower invites viewers to witness tender leafy greens flourishing in the middle of winter.
The indoor hydroponic grower’s chief revenue officer shares why he thinks controlled environment agriculture will continue to grow and sharpen its connection with consumers in 2023.
The 4,200,000 square feet of facilities in the Salinas Valley are an average 42 years old and are in desperate need of updates, according to the CEO of Growers Ice, a post-harvest real estate company.
The Austin, Texas-based CEA grower has chosen a Dutch AI company to manage climate, energy and irrigation for Revol Greens’ U.S. farm locations.
The vertical farm lettuce grower has recalled more than 600 cases of lettuce, but no cases of illness have been reported.
Leafy green grower aims to grow 17 million pounds of romaine annually in new central Texas greenhouse facility, increasing romaine production twofold.
While packaged salad is a consistent kitchen staple, producers and distributors of leafy greens reinvent the category — troubleshooting challenges that get in their way.
Coalition of Immokalee Workers adds the first Florida-based indoor leafy greens and herbs farm to its rigorous Fair Food Program.
The project takes the facility off of the traditional energy grid and lowers Taylor Farm’s carbon footprint.
Mastronardi Produce is distributing Naples Fresh and Spring Born greenhouse-grown leafy greens under the Backyard Farms brand.
The indoor ag grower has added 20 acres in Central Texas to its controlled environment agriculture footprint, which also includes operations in Minnesota, Georgia and California.
Taylor Farms was recognized as the winner of the 2024 Mindful Awards’ Overall Food Product of the Year award for its Mini Chopped Salad Kits.
Distinguished by its compact size and sweet taste, baby gem lettuce is a versatile ingredient suitable for a variety of culinary creations, the company said.
The Arizona LGMA, California LGMA and Yuma Safe Produce Council say the shared online platform is a learning management system that provides free training.
Greenhouse grower Little Leaf Farms has confirmed through recent Nielson data that it was cited as the bestselling packaged lettuce in New England, surpassing field-grown brands.
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has recently adopted Western Growers’ GreenLink platform to collect and analyze food safety data from its member companies.
Taylor Farms is reopening its first, original Salinas, Calif., facility, which closed in 2022 due to a devastating fire, in time for the start of the growing season.
GreenVenus says it is developing healthy, nutrient-rich specialty vegetables, fruits and grains and has created faster-growing lettuce cultivars.
The University of Nebraska team’s goal is to grow the first acre of corn on Mars’ soil, but today the focus first is on growing leafy greens like lettuce.
The indoor vertical farming company will provide its lettuce for salads sold in more than 1,300 of the convenience store chain’s locations in the state.
A comprehensive economic analysis from Californians for Smart Pesticide Policy addresses possible negative implications of elements of the state’s proposed Sustainable Pest Management framework.