United Natural Foods, Inc. and Square Roots announced a new agreement to co-locate Square Roots' indoor farms on-site at select UNFI distribution centers. The first Square Roots farm, approximately 20,000 square feet in size, is planned for UNFI’s Prescott, Wis. facility and is scheduled to open in 2023.

Willem ‘Bill’ Hofman, age 78, passed away on Nov. 2nd. Mr. Hofman was instrumental to the development of the greenhouse industry in the US.

TOMRA Food has appointed Paul Slupecki as senior vice president, head of TOMRA Fresh Food. This follows the reorganization of TOMRA Food into two business areas, TOMRA Fresh Food and TOMRA Processed Food. 

While vertical farming techniques have recently been producing an increasing amount of our food requirements, Local Leaf Farms has developed a novel approach to further reduce food miles and logistics headaches. Operating out of Barrie and Kingston, Ontario, Local Leaf Farms uses small footprint vertical farming operations to bring hyper-local production of high nutrient produce right to consumers with an ability to be on grocers’ shelves within hours of harvest.

When Steven Gilfenbain, CEO of Double Date Packing decided to open his own date packing operation it was with one singular goal: delivering a better eating experience to the consumer. Rather than bringing his dates to another packing house, where he had no control over how his date would be handled and delivered, Gilfenbain launched Double Date.

Baldor Specialty Foods, announced they’ve signed a lease for a new facility in Lanham, MD to significantly expand and enhance their operations in the DC area. The new 100,000 square foot warehouse facility includes 35 dock doors which will allow Baldor DC to essentially double its number of routes over the next few years and provide quicker and earlier deliveries to their restaurant and food service customers.