Darigold Expands Organic Offerings

October 27, 2020 Darigold

While the company has had organic members for years, and has been processing organic milk and been working with co-pack partners for years, it is now also working directly with B2B customers to produce custom organic ingredients and with retail and foodservice channels to make packaged organic products.

Pre Brands Introduces Grass-Fed Lamb From New Zealand

October 7, 2020 Pre® Brands

Pre® Brands, a provider of 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef and the leading brand of steak in the grass-fed and organic category, today introduced grass-fed lamb from New Zealand. Pre Brands will launch its lamb category with Pre Frenched Lamb Rack in time for the holidays, with product line extensions planned for Q2 2021.

Fruit World Enters Citrus Season With New High-Graphic Sustainable Packaging and Increased Volume of Flavor-Packed Organic and Conventional Offerings

October 6, 2020 Fruit World

Fruit World, a family-owned, flavor-focused grower-shipper of organic and conventional fruit, enters their 2020 citrus season with bold, new recyclable packaging and increased availability of 100% California-grown organic and conventional mandarins, along with organic oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and sweet limes.

Awe Sum Organics announces their Organic Peruvian Grape Program for the Winter Season

October 1, 2020 Awe Sum Organics

Sweet, crisp and flavorful, Awe Sum Organics’ Peruvian Table Grapes offer our customers a full and reliable supply of high-quality organic table grapes for loading on both coasts during the winter months when organic fruit options are limited.

Organic Dairy Realized Both Higher Costs and Higher Gross and Net Returns Than Conventional Dairy Farms

Dairy farms in the United States have faced persistent economic pressures, which have been particularly acute for small commercial farms with 10-199 milk cows. The number of such farms fell by 37 percent between 2007 and 2017, according to USDA’s Census of Agriculture, and more have left the industry since. Milk production has shifted to much larger farms (with 1,000 cows or more), which realize much lower costs on average than smaller farms.