Paramount Citrus To Acquire Grimmway Farms' Citrus Assets
Paramount Citrus and Grimmway Farms announced they have entered into an agreement for Paramount Citrus to acquire the citrus assets of the Central Valley-based Grimmway Farms. …
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Kandy Lemondrop Melons From Martori Farms Hit Stores
Martori Frarms, a fourth generation-owned and operated grower and shipper of premium melons, is pleased to announce the availability of their one-of-a-kind Kandy Lemnondrop Melon. …
Southern Specialties, Inc. Selects Regal Artichokes
Southern Specialties, Inc. announced the company would begin shipping its popular Southern Selects Regal artichokes this week. This starts the third season the company is marketing the medium sized premium artichokes to retailers and foodservice distributors nation wide. …
Naturipe Farms Announces New Director Of International Sales
Naturipe Farms has named Clay Wittmeyer the new Director of International Sales. Wittmeyer, with a successful 27 year career at Sun World International, managed international sales for grapes, summer fruit and citrus. During his tenure at Sun World he developed numerous sales programs and built extensive relationships with retailers and importers in over 30 countries. …
Critical Organic Apple & Pear Challenges Addressed By TOC Research
The Organic Center (TOC) is launching a project this summer to prevent a potential catastrophe looming over organic apple and pear production in the US. They are working to provide the farming community critically needed information on how to prevent a condition from decimating apple and pear orchards. The issue at hand is fire blight. It is a serious problem for organic apples and pears and American farmers will no longer be allowed to use one of the key control agents, oxytetracycline, to prevent this disease as of October 2014. …