Produce Industry Trailblazer Dr. Frieda Rapoport Caplan Turns 95
Frieda’s Specialty Produce will celebrate the 95th birthday of its founder and produce industry pioneer, Dr. Frieda Rapoport Caplan, on Friday, August 10. …
Month: August 2018
Organic Grower Summit Announces Second Educational Intensive Session: 'Sustainable Investing In Your Organic Farming Future'
A second intensive educational session has been finalized for the annual Organic Grower Summit in Monterey, CA. “Sustainable Investing in Your Farming Future” will dive deep into the strategic and financial challenges growers, shippers and other fresh food producers, especially those with multi-generational ownership, face. …
Zaad Holdings Acquires Sakata Seed America’s Onion Breeding Program
The acquirer, Zaad, is a vertically integrated agriculture company headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa. The company has strong R&D, production and distribution systems established in continental Africa, Europe and the US. Dr. Sean Fort, the program’s breeder for over 18 years, will continue onion breeding efforts for Zaad. …
Chile's Agrosuper To Buy Salmon Producer Aquachile For $850M
Agrosuper, one of Chile’s top food producers, said on Monday it would buy Chilean salmon company AquaChile for $850 million, the latest of several mergers and acquisitions in the South American nation’s consolidating salmon farming industry. …
NFI Launches Trade Education Campaign
In recognition of the threat to the seafood community posed by new trade tariffs, the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has rebranded its AboutSeafood.comwebsite to support the stories of American seafood workers. The effort is all part of its Seafood, See Jobs campaign and the site will be regularly updated with new videos. …