A & A Organic Farms now Shipping Organic Lemons

August 12, 2019 A & A Organic Farms

A & A Organic Farms will now be able to offer customers more citrus options from Mexico; Organic Early Sweet Oranges, Organic Valencia Oranges and Murcott Tangerines and of course Organic Lemons.

APHIS Seeks Comments on Draft Pest Risk Assessment on Three Produce Items

August 12, 2019 USDA APHIS

Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador have all asked USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of fresh products.

Stahmanns Pecans Releases a Blog Series About Life on an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm

August 12, 2019 Stahmanns Pecans

This blog series includes breathtaking, panoramic photos of the pecan groves and the farm throughout an entire calendar year. It also shows how Stahmanns cares for over 168,000 pecan trees spread over 3,200 acres of land that produce between eight and nine million pounds of pecans each year.

Bloomscape Raises $ 7.5M to Sell You Plants of All Sizes

August 9, 2019 Anthony Ha, Tech Crunch

Direct-to-consumer plant retailer Bloomscape has raised $ 7.5 million in Series A funding, with several high-profile D2C startup founders signing on as investors.

New Patent Application Further Strengthens Optiflower’s Position

August 9, 2019 OptiFreeze AB

The application concerns a method extending the life expectancy of plant materials, specifically in cut flowers. The method has been developed during 2019 and has an impact on increasing the life time of cut flowers while standing in the vase.