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Shenandoah Growers, Inc., Rockingham, Va., opened USDA-certified indoor BioFarm facilities in Rockingham and Elkwood, Va.

Owyhee Produce, Nyssa, Ore., announced plans to create its own regenerative produce bags by converting hemp fibers sourced from its own crops.

Black Gold Farms, Grand Forks, N.D., formed Horizon Logistics, LLC, an independent, full-service, asset-based transportation company serving Black Gold Farms and other grower shippers.

House Foods America expanded footprint of its Garden Grove, Calif., headquarters manufacturing plant by 36,000 square feet and installed state-of-the-art automated machinery to increase tofu production by 50%.

For generations, the once-centerpiece of the American home has become much less important – marginalized by Millennials and younger generations who choose to order up their nourishment with a few silent taps of the cell phone rather than the clank of pots and pans.

Nestlé, Switzerland, joined forces with the Swiss Canton of Vaud, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Hospitality Management School in Lausanne (EHL Group) to develop and promote a global innovation ecosystem on food and nutrition.

Generation Z, which contributes approximately $830 billion to U.S. retail sales annually, represents an influential consumer group where wallet size and allocation provide a proxy for category interest, according to a study published by Piper Jaffray Cos., Minneapolis.