Backyard Farms Hires New CEO
Tomato grower Backyard Farms has hired a new president and CEO with extensive experience in the food industry.
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Month: July 2011
California Giant "Fear The Beard & Love The Berry" Event A Success
California Giant Berry Farms teamed up with KNBR and the San Francisco Giants on July 7, 2011 to cap off a six week marketing campaign promoting berries and baseball. The company set up a large tent in Willy Mays Plaza at entrance to AT&T Park in San Francisco with 2500 containers of fresh strawberries to share with fans as they arrived for the game. …
California Citrus Industry Giant Sam Perricone Dies At 91
Sam Perricone, the patriarch of the family that ran the Citrus House on Main Street at Disneyland for about two decades and who owned thousands of acres of avocado, lemon and orange groves from Arizona to California's Central Valley, has died. He was 91. …
Full Circle Expands Organic Produce Delivery To Idaho
Starting today, Full Circle,a regional organic farm and artisan food provider, is expanding itsorganic produce delivery service to Boise, ID, covering Ada and Canyoncounties. Consumers in Boise, Caldwell, Eagle, Garden City, Greenleaf,Kuna, Meridian, Middleton, Nampa and Star, ID can now get access to FullCircle's fresh, organic produce and all-natural artisan groceriesyear-round, delivered to convenient pick-up locations as well asdirectly to their homes. …
Freshway Foods Contributes To PMA's Foundation For Industry Talent
Freshway Foods announces today that it has made a contribution of $1,000 to the PMA Foundation for Industry Talent annual campaign. This donation will help build programs designed to attract, develop and retain talent for the produce supply chain. …
