Walmart Doubles BrightFresh Microgreens Store Presence, Expanding to 201 Locations Nationwide

October 7, 2024 BrightFresh

Walmart has doubled the availability of BrightFresh Microgreens, increasing the store count from 95 to 201 locations across the United States. The majority of the new stores are located in Utah and Arizona, where BrightFresh Microgreens will be available in the fresh refrigerated section alongside herbs and mushrooms starting the first week of October.

Duncan Family Farms Partners With Coosemans-Phoenix Llc to Create Duncan Family Farms Specialties

August 19, 2024 Duncan Family Farms

The joint venture delivers a streamlined approach for customers and consumers by providing faster delivery of truly local fresh herbs, microgreens, Shishito peppers, and more. Duncan Family Farms’ specialty crop production combined with Coosemans’ local packing and distribution expertise, allows for more nimble requests, fewer food miles, and direct access to the farm. 

ReposiTrak Adds 9 Produce Suppliers to Rapidly Expanding Food Traceability Network

March 25, 2024 ReposiTrak

These new members will efficiently exchange intricate, FDA-required Key Data Elements (KDEs) for each Critical Tracking Event (CTE) in their supply chains, ensuring proactive compliance well before the January 2026 deadline.

Sun Capital Affiliate Completes Acquisition of Fresh Origins

January 20, 2023 Sun Capital Partners

Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (“Sun Capital”),a leading private investment firm focused on defensible businesses in growing markets with tangible performance improvement opportunities, today announced its affiliate has completed the acquisition of Fresh Origins (or the “Company”), a market leading grower and shipper of Microgreens and Edible Flowers for foodservice and retail customers across the United States. Terms of the private transaction were not disclosed.

Microgreen Directory is the Easiest Place to Find Fresh Local Year-Round Produce, and Most Farms Deliver

May 17, 2022 Microgreen Directory

Microgreen Directory is a new website recently launched in February 2022. The directory’s goal is to connect people looking for fresh produce, specifically microgreens, with their own local microgreen farm. People want fresh local produce, farmers are trying to build a business selling local produce. They focus on microgreens because of their short shelf life, their lifespan post-harvest is days. They can’t be stored and shipped like full-grown produce. Microgreens are only found fresh straight from the farm and bonus they are available year-round.