BrightFarms Breaks Ground On $10M IL Greenhouse
New York-based BrightFarms Inc. broke ground today on a $10 million, 160,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse that officials say should be up and running by early next year. …
Month: August 2015
Allen Lund Company's Portland Office Announces Promotion
The Allen Lund Company, Portland office announces the promotion of Kerry Bowman to Business Development Specialist. "I have really enjoyed being a part of the ALC family for so long," stated Bowman. "The Northwest has tremendous growth potential, and I am very excited about this new opportunity to grow the business for the Portland Office." …
Farm Star Living Partners With Seald Sweet For Farm-Fresh Lunchboxes
To create balanced lunchboxes, Farm Star Living has partnered with Seald Sweet for their fresh, juicy citrus. Farm Star Living’s lunch boxes include Seald Sweet’s delicious and juicy South African navel oranges and Mandarina’s™ exceptionally sweet, “easy-peeler” mandarins. Mandarina’s™ mandarin varieties are the best of the mandarin category and include varieties such as Murcotts and Clemengold® mandarins. …
NPC Awards 2015-16 Academic Scholarship
The National Potato Council (NPC) is pleased to award Shunping Ding, a PhD. student in Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, its 2015-16 Academic Scholarship. The $10,000 award is provided yearly to a graduate student with a strong interest in research that can directly benefit the potato industry. …
One Banana Continues CSR Efforts & Announces Further Goodwill Plans
ONE Banana, The Better Banana Company, through parent company AgroAmerica, has donated nearly $5 million dollars over the past 3 years to corporate social responsibility programs that benefit their employees, their families, and members of rural communities throughout Guatemala. The contributions are in keeping with ONE’s commitment to meeting the United Nations’ Millennium Goals of Nutrition and Child Mortality. …
