Grimmway Farms Celebrates 2022 Intern Day Highlights Robust Summer Programs and CEO Lunch
Grimmway Farms is marking this year’s National Intern Day by celebrating its talented intern and summer work experience teams. …
Carrots
High Demand For BDA/Dorot Farm’s Fresh and Sweet Carrots in the Northeast Region
BDA/Dorot Farm exports to North America, Europe, and Africa. Their jumbo carrots and cello carrots come in one-, two- three- and five-pound bags and are delivered directly from its farms to the customers. …
Grimmway Farms Awards Scholarships to Children of Employees
Last month, Grimmway Farms hosted an outdoor reception at its annual company picnic to announce the 2022 recipients of the Grimmway Farms Scholarship Program. The annual program recognizes the superior academic performance of students who have a parent or guardian employed by the company. At the reception, Grimmway honored 29 high school seniors and their families. Six recipients are the first in their families to attend college. …
Opportunity Mapping for Horticultural Waste Streams
Approximately 74% of Canadian fruits and vegetables are wasted before they reach consumers for a myriad of reasons. To tackle this issue and help increase the industry’s environmental sustainability, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland) examined underutilized waste streams for the top seven Canadian produce crops including potatoes, apples, field tomatoes, greenhouse tomatoes, greenhouse cucumbers, onions and carrots and identified the range of opportunities for managing these by-products. …
Boosting the Nutritional Bounty of Carrots and Onions
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are looking to beef up your salad—not with complementary slices of tender chicken, steak or other meat but rather new, improved varieties of carrot and onion. …