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While “Ohio is for lovers” might be an unofficial travel slogan, the state’s rich soil, temperate climate and location make it an ideal location for growing vegetables.
Growers say the Buckeye State offers ample customers and key access to ship produce to the East and West.
Sirna & Sons Produce expects to complete a 50,000-square-foot addition to its Ravenna, Ohio, headquarters this summer.
Hydroponic herb and leafy greens grower Great Lakes Growers is delivering directly to customers in Ohio, with plans to expand the program later this year.
Walmart plans to expand BrightFarms packaged salad offerings to 50 stores in the Columbus, Ohio, area, after a successful launch in the state.
More than 235 employees of Dole’s salad processing plant in Springfield, Ohio, tested positive for COVID-19.
A cold, wet spring may have gotten Ohio vegetables off to a slow start, but growers look forward to warmer days ahead and strong demand for local produce.
When the state of Ohio shut down all restaurants and bars on March 15 with the words: “This is the real thing; this is not a drill,” Kirk Holthouse realized he had a big problem.
Keeping employees safe and getting produce to anxious consumers in the time of COVID-19 has become as big a challenge for farmers as growing a healthy crop.
Greenhouse company Great Lakes Growers, Burton, Ohio, recently broke ground on a 100,000-square-foot expansion that will boost production capacity to 12 million heads of leafy greens.
Registration is open for the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s 42nd annual conference.
Giving farmers and farmers markets the ability to fulfill SNAP purchases online is one recommendation presented by a group of Ohio farm organizations in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
There may be a pandemic on, but produce growers and distributors in Ohio say they’re in robust health.
The Columbus-based Ohio Restaurant Association has launched a couple of initiatives stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, said Homa Moheimani, director of communications.
Sirna & Sons Produce has brought in Allie Sirna as the second member of the Sirna family’s fourth generation to join the company, said Tom Sirna, president.
For Ohio produce suppliers and their foodservice clients, things were going — and growing — smoothly through the winter months.
Willard, Ohio-based Buurma Farms Inc. added some new equipment for this year, said Loren Buurma, partner.
“We’re going to have another set of docks and also getting drawings made to have a 12,000-square-foot addition to our processing center,” said Alex DiNovo, president and COO.
The COVID-19 pandemic has put some expansion plans on hold at D.R. Walcher Farms in North Fairfield, Ohio, said Ken Holthouse, partner.
The Newcomerstown, Ohio-based Fruit Growers Marketing Association has partnered with Fremont, Ohio-based Great River Organics to launch a local organic line of vegetables.
Sanfillipo Produce Co. has upgraded its online ordering system, said Jamie Sanfil-lipo, partner and sales manager.
Families throughout the Great Lakes region have ample access to fresh, local produce at their favorite grocers like Heinen’s, Buehler’s and Wal-Mart, thanks, in large part, to Ohio Apples.
Catch up on recent developments with the Ohio Restaurant Association and the Ohio Grocers Association, as well as wholesalers based in Ohio.