Oppy Names Canadian Sales Managers for East Coast Expansion

February 14, 2019 Oppy

In a move to grow Canadian sales, Oppy has promoted David Wazny to sales manager of the team based in the company’s Vancouver, BC headquarters and Colbert Rahal to a newly created role of sales manager of eastern Canada.

FDA Releases Report on Investigation into the Fall 2018 Outbreak of Illnesses Tied to Romaine Lettuce

February 14, 2019 FDA

FDA has released an overview of the investigation that led the agency to issue a public health advisory shortly before Thanksgiving warning consumers not to eat romaine lettuce and asking the industry to remove these greens from store shelves.

Shrooms Launches Four Adventurous Product Lines of Innovative Mushroom-Forward Snacks

February 14, 2019 South Mill Champs

South Mill Champs, one of North America’s largest mushroom growers, announced today the launch of the company’s new snack food venture, Shrooms Snacks. The brand aims to provide great tasting, better-for-you snacks using mushrooms grown and handpicked on the South Mill farms in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, the mushroom capital of the world.

How Does a Virginia Herb Company Grow? By Moving Nature Indoors

February 14, 2019 Thomas Heath, Washington Post

Tim Heydon is no Warren Buffett. But he had his one golden insight when he and his business school team from James Madison University tackled a project called Shenandoah Growers in the 1990s.

FMI: Let us Begin to Unpack the Romaine Crisis

When the government issued a nationwide consumer advisory on all romaine lettuce just days before the biggest food holiday of the year, the operational impact was massive, and the repercussions continue today. Compounding the situation, this was the second consumer advisory to affect Romaine in one year.