Braga Fresh Names Jayme Fields CFO, Prepares For Additional Growth & Expansion

February 20, 2014 Braga Fresh Family Farms

Rod Braga, president and CEO of Braga Ranch and Braga Fresh Family Farms of Soledad announced that Jayme Fields has been named CFO for the Braga family of companies.

BrightFarms Partners With Giant Food

February 19, 2014 Giant Food

BrightFarms, Inc. and Giant Food® are entering a path-breaking partnership to deliver year-round local produce to Giant stores throughout the Washington metropolitan area. Constructed near Giant's store at 1535 Alabama Avenue in Southeast, Washington, D.C., the 100,000 square foot facility will be the largest urban greenhouse of its kind in the world.

Booth Ranches Announces Retirement Of Neil Galone

February 19, 2014 Booth Ranches, LLC

Booth Ranches, LLC, a fully integrated grower, packer and shipper of fresh California oranges, has announced that Neil Galone, its Vice President of Marketing, will be retiring at the end of February.

Wish Farms Bucks Trend, Grows Organic Strawberries

This season, Gary Wishnatzki, Wish Farms CEO, planted 470 acres of conventional strawberries and 180 acres of organic strawberries, which represent about 75 percent of Florida's organic strawberry production.


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Organics Unlimited Expands Team Amid Emerging Market

February 19, 2014 Organics Unlimited

Organics Unlimited Inc. has announced the hiring of Marco A. Garcia as Manager of Operations and Logistics and George Pazos as Controller to further its pursuit of becoming one of the largest competitors in the market for organic bananas.