The Largest Controlled-Environment Vertical Strawberry Farm in Canada is Launched in Vaudreuil

November 22, 2021 Winter Farm   

After launching its innovative concept a year and a half ago, Quebec company Winter Farm is inaugurating its first industrial unit in Vaudreuil. With a total area of 1,150 m2, the project carried out in two phases in partnership with Les Serres Vaudreuil becomes the largest controlled-environment vertical strawberry farm in Canada. Every year, between October and June, over 180,000 kilograms of strawberries will be grown, which is the equivalent of production yielded by more than 2 hectares of traditional greenhouse area.

New Wave Berry Clears the Table to Begin Planting Revolutionary Concept

November 17, 2021 Oppy

Rooting thousands of strawberry plants on elevated tables the first week of October, Oppy, under the Ocean Spray license, will launch the first-ever specialty berry pack in the Happy Berry™ label mid-December. The hydroponic tabletop strawberry concept was developed by New Wave Berry, LLC which is a joint venture formed by grower, marketer and distributor Oppy, agricultural investment firm Farmers Gate and family-owned agribusiness Red Dog Management, who is growing the crop in Santa Maria, California.

Markon Provides Update on West Coast Fall Harvesting Transitions

November 4, 2021 Markon Cooperative

With the fall harvest transition well under way along the West Coast, Markon is actively working with its suppliers and grower-partners as several of its commodity and value-added produce items move to more favorable growing areas.

J.R. Simplot Company and Plant Sciences Inc. Forge Strategic Alliance on Gene Editing of Strawberries

October 29, 2021 J.R. Simplot Company

The J.R. Simplot Company announced today it has entered a strategic alliance with Plant Sciences Inc. (PSI), a Watsonville, CA-based plant breeding company, to drive new breeding techniques for strawberries, including gene editing.

GEM-Pack & Red Blossom Berries: Strength in Numbers & Know-How

October 8, 2021 Red Blossom

GEM-Pack Berries, LLC and Red Blossom Sales, Inc. are combining forces to create a dynamic union, capitalizing on tangible synergies that translate directly to customer benefits and grower success