Spring Born’s Inaugural Planting Has Begun
Spring Born, an organic hydroponic farm, kicked off production inside their Silt, Colorado facility. Their first harvest will be donated entirely to a local food bank, The Food Bank of the Rockies. …
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California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement Hires Alyssa Licata as New Compliance Officer
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) has a new Compliance Officer. Alyssa Licata has been hired to replace Jonathan Field, who is retiring this month after serving in this important role since the LGMA was established in 2007. …
PRIMUS GROUP, INC. — The Reasonable Moving Target
It is not clear at this point how the recent guidance will affect FDA inspections of non-leafy greens, but one thing is clear: the paradigm for FSMA standards change over time, and the expectations of those standards will likely ever be increasing. …
BrightFarms Announces Voluntary Recall of Packaged Salad Greens Sold in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana
BrightFarms today initiated a voluntary recall of packaged salad greens produced in its Rochelle, Illinois (Ogle County) greenhouse farm sold in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and Indiana because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. …
Spread’s Large-Scale Vertical Farming Partnership with ENEOS Group’s J Leaf Starts Operations near Tokyo
Spread Co., Ltd.’s partner, and a member of ENEOS Group, J Leaf Corporation started operating the automated vertical farm “Techno Farm Narita” (Chiba, Japan) on 30th of June. Spread plans to reach total production capacity of 100 tons per day domestically by 2030, through the expansion of its Techno Farm™. …