Pennsylvania
The 115-year-old, family-owned company, M. Levin and Co., is a ripener-distributor for bananas. It also offers a wide range of tropical items, including mangoes, dragon fruit and passion fruit.
Chicago-based Hazel Technologies, Inc. has announced a second-year collaboration with Biglerville, Pa.-based grower-shipper Hollabaugh Bros., Inc.
Philadelphia produce veteran Charles Pigliacelli died June 17 and is remembered for his role in the success of John Vena Inc.
The Masser Family of Companies announced the launch of a new website for Hegins, Pa.-based partner Keystone Potato Products, LLC.
While the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market can trace its roots back hundreds of years, it has operated from its current location, which it says is the largest refrigerated building in the world, since 2011.
Recent Shelby Market data has revealed the top retailers by market share in each region of the United States.
A fog envelops visitors who step into one of the 30-plus growing rooms for exotics at Phillips Mushroom Farms in Kennett Square, Pa.
Procacci Holdings LLC’s Garden State Farms at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market has expanded with the purchase of a neighbor at the facility, A. Vassallo Inc.
New York-based BrightFarms plans to build a 250,000-square-foot greenhouse in Snyder County, Pa. — its second greenhouse in the state.
After more than 35 years in the produce industry, Terry Humfeld, the Cranberry Institute’s executive director based in Avondale, Pa., is retiring at the end of 2019.
South Mill Champs, Kennett Square, Pa., has added a third operation to its company with the acquisition of Loveday Mushroom Farms, Winnipeg, Manitoba, said Michael Richmond, vice president of sales.
The 124,000-square-foot facility will service a greater number of customers in Philadelphia and, for the first time in its history, in southern New Jersey.
Biglerville, Pa.-based Rice Fruit Co. is celebrating 110 years in 2023, but the history of the Rice family in the region goes back even further.
Researchers at Penn State University discovered a new strain of blackleg, also known as soft rot, in potatoes sampled in the state. Blackleg can lead to significant loses for farmers.