Vertical farm merger valued at $1.1 billion

HAMILTON, Mont.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Breakthrough U.S. indoor agriculture company Local Bounti Corporation (Local Bounti) has agreed to go public through a merger...

4 years ago 18 minute read

Fresh food retail technology company Invafresh hires CRO

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Invafresh, the market leader in Freshology for the fresh food retail industry, has hired Doug Iverson to the newly...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Luby’s announces agreement to sell Fuddruckers franchise operations

HOUSTON/PRNewswire/ – Luby’s, Inc. (“Luby’s” or the “Company”) (NYSE: LUB), today announced the Company has entered into an agreement to...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Stemilt kicks off stone fruit season with Artisan Organic Apricots

WENATCHEE, Wash. – Stemilt’s BB #:113654 stone fruit season officially kicked off this week with its first run of Artisan...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Ole Tyme Produce nationally certified as women-owned business

St. Charles, MO- Ole Tyme Produce BB #:119116 recently gained National Women’s Business Enterprise Certification. Ole Tyme was started in...

4 years ago 2 minute read

All About Drones: Improving food safety

Drones can be used in detecting pathogens for food safety. Nanoreagents, LLC, based in Tampa, FL, is flying drones with...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Sustainability as incremental improvements

A company does not become sustainable overnight. It starts and continues with making incremental improvements. Speakers during a June 16...

4 years ago 1 minute read

USDA files $1.6MM PACA action against California firm

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against Rain Forest Produce...

4 years ago 1 minute read

USDA restricts PACA violators in CA, FL and NY

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing...

4 years ago 3 minute read

USDA determines three individuals not connected to NJ violator

WASHINGTON, June 16, 2021 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that Stephen Press, Sharon Press and Francis Manzo...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Mexican tomato export value up 20% in 2020, a new record

Mexico saw an increase in tomato export value of 20.6 percent in 2020 over the previous year, totaling $2.6 billion...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Fresh asparagus report shows U.S. consumption rising

Peruvian Asparagus Importers Association Eager for More Promotion with News of Per Capita Consumption Increase FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – The...

4 years ago 3 minute read

High inflation doesn’t deliver higher returns to growers

Consumers are seeing inflation from many industries including food. U.S. government figures show that wholesale food prices surged 2.6 percent...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Farm tech startup Iron Ox hires executives in finance, marketing

SAN CARLOS, Calif., June 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Iron Ox, a farming innovation company with deep expertise in robotics and...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Foxy Organic Vegetables return to Nevada

Yerington, NV- It’s that time of year, Foxy Organic Vegetables BB #:342687 are in production in Yerington, Nevada. From late...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Mission Produce CEO named Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 Greater Los Angeles Award finalist

OXNARD, Calif., June 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mission Produce, Inc. BB #:118126, the world leader in sourcing, producing, and...

4 years ago 6 minute read

FFVA supports Senate Defending Domestic Produce Production Act

June 17, 2021 — On Wednesday, The Defending Domestic Produce Production Act was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate as S....

4 years ago 1 minute read

All About Drones: Data analysis

Analyzing data from drones is very time-consuming and requires specific, high-level knowledge of software, even statistics. “Data analysis is followed...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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