Month: August 2020

Foster Farms Statement Regarding Livingston Poultry Plant Closure

August 31, 2020 Foster Farms

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to present an unprecedented challenge to our nation, and its workforce. This has been felt strongly in the meat and poultry industry, and geographically in California’s Central Valley, the heart of agriculture for the Western United States. In recent months, Foster Farms’ Livingston Poultry Complex located in Merced County experienced 392 positive cases, and 8 employee deaths related to complications associated with COVID-19. …

Double Play Big Bang Spiraea Awarded the KVCB-Award Gold Medal

August 31, 2020 Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.

The Royal Boskoop Horticultural Society (RBHS) trials committee has awarded the KVBC-Award Gold Medal to Proven Winners® ColorChoice® DOUBLE PLAY BIG BANG® Spiraea. …

Red Oak Greenhouse Plans for Future Growth

August 31, 2020 Tess Nelson, Red Oak Express

Mum’s not the word when it comes to the secret behind Red Oak Greenhouse’s success of more than 140 years. …

FloraLife Offers New SOAP Products Available in Individual, Pocket-Friendly Packets

August 31, 2020 Smithers Oasis

FloraLife, a division of Smithers-Oasis Company, is extending its FloraLife® Cleaner Products line to include a line of SOAP. …

Prairie Farms Cheese Division ‘Caves of Faribault’ Wins Bronze sofi Award

August 31, 2020 Prairie Farms Dairy

Prairie Farms’ Cheese Division, Caves of Faribault, has won the bronze award in the ‘Cheese – Cow Milk’ category as part of the Specialty Food Association’s (SFA) 2020 sofi™ Awards, a top honor in the $ 158 billion specialty food industry. …