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Fresh Del Monte enters distribution partnership with plant-based food company
Fresh Del Monte and has formed a partnership with food production company Vertage to expand distribution options. The produce giant will support th... continue reading »
Vegetable processing company investing $19 million in New Mexico facility
Vegetable processing company Oro is investing $19 million in a new facility in New Mexico’s Santa Teresa Border Zone. Construction will begin on ... continue reading »
Mondelez International opens $50 million R&D center in New Jersey
Mondelez International Inc. has opened its $50 million Global Research & Development Innovation Center in Whippany, New Jersey. The global snac... continue reading »
Packaging company SIG opens $80 million production plant in Mexico
Food and beverage packaging company SIG’s $80 million production plant in Mexico is online after 12 months of construction, creating 200 jobs. Th... continue reading »
Long-time leader of UNL’s Food Processing Center retiring after 43 years
Jill Gifford, manager of the Food Entrepreneur Program with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Food Processing Center, is retiring May 31 after a ... continue reading »
Growers can have a field day at Purdue Extension event
Purdue Extension’s annual Fruit and Vegetable Field Day offers growers networking and educational sessions on topics including biological controls a... continue reading »
Innovation, durability key to Triangle Packaging’s 100 years of operation
Triangle Packaging Co., a founding member of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), celebrated its centennial anniversary on May 1. ... continue reading »
FreshEdge acquires Chicago-headquartered Testa Produce
Fresh food distributor FreshEdge has acquired Testa Produce, a Chicago-headquartered produce and specialty food distribution business. FreshEdge is... continue reading »
Researchers seek grower input on CEA trends
University of California researchers are seeking grower input on emerging controlled environment agriculture (CEA) trends through a survey. ... continue reading »
Report: Labor shortages driving annual $500K spending on automation
Growers now spend an average of $500,000 a year on automation, according to a Specialty Crop Automation Report released and commissioned by Western Gr... continue reading »
