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Vertical Cold Storage, a developer and operator of temperature controlled distribution centers sponsored by real estate asset manager Platform Ventures, is acquiring Liberty Cold Storage from West Liberty Foods. The terms of the transaction are not public.

In the coming weeks, Foster Farms will deliver thousands of holiday turkeys to food banks from Seattle to San Diego. 

A $100,000 grant from the Perdue Foundation helped fund construction of an outdoor natural amphitheater at the new Oyster House Park in Seaford, Delaware. 

The House of Raeford Farms FLOCK team in Duplin County, North Carolina, kicked off “FLOCK Cares” this month, a program designed to honor those who serve, often without any recognition.  

Mission Barns, a producer of cultivated fat, completed the first-ever scaled-up manufacturing run of a product containing cultivated meat with its Mission Chorizo Sausage. This Chorizo is a blend of Mission Fat and plant-protein that together deliver all the succulence, sizzle and satisfaction you’d expect from a sausage but without the downsides common to conventional animal protein.

Field Roast's Plant-Based Pepperoni and Chao Creamery Creamy Original Shreds are now available at more than 500 Whole Foods Market locations across the U.S, making it easier for consumers to pick up everything they need for a plant-based pizza night during National Pizza Month.

Greenleaf Foods, owner of plant-based brands Lightlife and Field Roast, announced its Lightlife Plant-Based Burger, Plant-Based Breakfast Links and Plant-Based Breakfast Patties are now available at select Walmart locations nationwide. The plant-based breakfast items will be sold in the refrigerated breakfast meat section, the first time the retailer will offer a plant-based option in this area of the store, and the Lightlife Plant-Based Burger will be available in the frozen aisle.

Daiya Foods has expanded distribution of its fan-favorite plant-based and dairy-free frozen burritos to select Whole Foods Market stores.  

Prairie Farms Dairy has launched its Fabulous Flavors of Fall Campaign for parties and entertaining during the holiday season. From Pumpkin Spice Milk to Sea Salt Caramel Cream Cheese and Brown Butter Maple Ice Cream, Prairie Farms’ product portfolio is full of variety when it comes to all things fall.

North America’s largest greenhouse lettuce grower, Revol Greens, has acquired BJ’s Produce, operating under the widely recognized Living Fresh brand, in Athens, Georgia, to establish its first East Coast greenhouse operation.