Articles Tagged with ''produce''

Controlled environment agriculture growers form coalition to improve food safety

The CEA produce industry is primarily made up of brands using hydroponic, aeroponic or aquaponic methods.
April 2, 2018
Leading controlled environment agriculture (CEA) growers BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y.; AeroFarms, Newark, N.J.; and Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., joined forces to establish what is dubbed as the first food safety group geared specifically toward establishing food safety standards among CEA produce brands.
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BrightFarms to build 5th hydroponic greenhouse facility

The greenhouse will use an estimated 80% less water, 90% less land and 95% less shipping fuel than West Coast salad farming operations.
March 28, 2018
BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y., announced plans to break ground on a sustainable greenhouse farm in Abilene, Texas, this spring, making it the company’s fifth facility in the United States.
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Lipman Family Farms acquires Huron Produce

. The expansion into greenhouse product will allow Lipman Family Farms to offer hothouse and field-grown tomatoes and vegetables on a year-round basis.
March 19, 2018
Lipman Family Farms, Immokalee, Fla., acquired Huron Produce, a Canada-based greenhouse grower and distributor of tomatoes and vegetables with operations in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
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IFCO Pure Flavor BellPeppers

Pure Flavor, IFCO partnership ensures year-round delivery of fresh produce

IFCO and Pure Flavor developed a forecasting model that tracks the company’s produce orders and growing seasons and ensures on-time delivery of the right number and type of RPCs throughout the year.
March 8, 2018
IFCO now provides Pure Flavor with over 1 million RPCs annually, used to package fresh produce at locations in San Antonio, Texas; Romulus, Mich.; and Leamington, Ontario, Canada, before being shipped to retailers throughout the United States and Canada.
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Global produce leader aligns with key partner to market WA fruit

Sage Fruit is a growing, marketing and sales organization comprised of Valley Fruit, Valicoff Fruit, Olympic Fruit and Larson Fruit.
March 7, 2018
Pride Packing Co., a Wapato, Wash.-based division of Vanguard International, Issaquah, Wash., joined forces with Sage Fruit Co., Yakima, Wash., to enhance marketing, sales and distribution of Washington State fruit.
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Pegasus Food Futures to expand hydroponic farms

Using AI will provide, integrate and utilize agricultural data to improve efficiency and optimize the nutritional qualities of hydroponically grown produce.
February 19, 2018

Pegasus Food Futures, Dubai, unveiled plans for the global expansion of its hydroponic farms in 2018, alongside the development of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques.


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Farm Fresh Direct, Cal-Ore Produce join forces

Farm Fresh will act as the exclusive sales and marketing agent for Cal-Ore and will service the United States with one-stop shopping solutions.
February 13, 2018
Farm Fresh Direct, Monte Vista, Colo., and Cal-Ore Produce, Tulelake, Calif., are joining forces to increase their organic and conventional programs.
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Lef Farms clamshell packaging

lēf Farms introduces new clamshell packaging

Switching over to clams protects the greens during transit, as well as during the stocking and restocking of product dispensers at store level.
February 8, 2018
lēf Farms, Loudon, N.H., launched its newly designed clamshell packaging.
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