Month: December 2014

This holiday season Ready Pac Foods, Inc. has launched a series of innovative solutions for the dinner table to share with the people who matter most, helping to turn a simple meal into special moments and traditions. Ready Pac’s latest innovations, the Cranberry Pomegranate Complete Salad Kit, Autumn Harvest Complete Salad Kit, and Thai Complete Salad Kit, will make holiday meals easy and delicious, so family and friends can focus on what matters most – enjoying their time together. …

Awe Sum Organics, the largest importer of Organic Apples and Organic Kiwifruit in North America, has just kicked off the second season of their exclusive Organic Peruvian Grape Program. The first Organic Green Seedless Sugraones arrived in mid-November, and quality reports have been outstanding. …

River Point Farms, America’s largest onion producer, announces the company broke ground on a new 70,000 square foot whole onion packaging facility featuring state-of-the-art equipment on November 3, 2014.  When complete, River Point Farms will operate over 95,000 square feet of whole onion packaging and shipping facilities at the company’s headquarters in Hermiston, Oregon. …

Lipman, North America’s largest field tomato grower, continues to grow with the acquisition of Legend Distributing in Phoenix, Ariz. …

The Alliance for Food and Farming announced today Tim York, President of Markon Cooperatives, Inc. will be joining the organization’s Management Board.   It’s the first time an organization that buys produce from grower-shippers has served as a member of the organization’s Board.  The Alliance, which exists to deliver credible information to consumers about the safety of fruits and vegetables, is traditionally funded by conventional and organic farmers or by groups who represent farmers. …