Month: December 2015

Terra Tech Corp., a vertically integrated cannabis-focused agriculture company, today announced that its Edible Garden produce is now available in the greater New York City metropolitan area through FreshDirect. …

Fresh from the rooftops of Chicago, right to your doorstep: Peapod, the nation’s leading online grocer, announced that Gotham Greens’ buzzed-about, hyper-local greenhouse salads and herbs are now available to Chicagoland, Milwaukee and Indianapolis shoppers from Peapod. Gotham Greens is the freshest farm to hit the locally grown food scene and new to the Chicago market. …

Compac, a provider of post-harvest integrated solutions to the fresh produce industry, announced its new executive leadership team. The team will lead the company in the next phase of its transformative growth and execute on its strategy for capturing the expanding global opportunities in the fresh produce industry. …

Ocean Mist Organic has hired Joe Angelo as sales manager. Angleo comes to Ocean Mist Organic from Dole Vegetables and Dole Berry Company where he held district sales and commodity manager positions.  He is a graduate of the University of California Santa Cruz. …

Results from a recent survey administered by Produce Marketing Association’s (PMA) Research Center show eat brighter!™ growing in presence, with 78 percent of suppliers reporting an increase in sales of products branded with eat brighter! during the third quarter of 2015. The study also finds increased activity over this period among grower-shippers and promotional boards as eat brighter! programs are approved and move into the marketplace. …