Month: May 2012

Take an unused parking lot in the middle of downtown Atlanta, Georgia on Ponce de Leon Avenue, put five 320-square foot recycled shipping containers tricked out with proprietary technology to reduce overall energy consumption and increase crop yield and then grow three tons of lettuce, hydroponically. This is exactly what a seed funded start up, PodPonics, did. Then they realized they had a contribution to make to the world’s food shortage with urban agriculture. …

Dominion Citrus Limited has announced the appointment of Ernie Collinson, Certified General Accountant, as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Dominion Citrus Ltd. Mr. Collinson has worked for DCL for 10 years, as Corporate Controller for DCL for 5 years, and as Director of Finance for DCL for the last 5 months. Mr. Collinson will commence his duties immediately. …

May to October marks the months that mango lovers look forward to. It's when the many variations of this world-popular fruit begin to ripen, with the greatest production occurring in June and July. However, this year's mango season is about two weeks early — thanks to the early cold and warm spring.

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Procacci Brothers Sales Corp. will begin shipping UglyRipe Heirloom Tomato and Santa Sweets Grape Tomato plants to retailers on May 23, 2012. …