Giorgio Fresh monitoring growing organic mushroom trend
Giorgio Fresh monitoring growing organic mushroom trend
Giorgio Fresh, a leading mushroom producer headquartered in Temple, PA, offers a full line of organic mushrooms including whole and sliced white, Portobello and Shiitake mushrooms.
It recently increased its organic offerings by adding organic sliced Baby Bella, whole and sliced Shiitake, Maitake, Beech, and Royal Trumpet varieties.
Giorgio Fresh’s organic mushrooms are produced primarily at its farms in Berks County, PA.“The organic mushroom market continues to grow at a nice rate,” said Bill Litvin, vice president of sales and national account manager for Giorgio Fresh. “The state of the organic market, and the mushroom industry as a whole, has a positive outlook. We continually keep a close eye on and monitor trends.”
A grower and shipper of fresh mushrooms, Giorgio Fresh received certification from the Pennsylvania Certified Organic, or PCO, in March 2004. It is one of the largest growers of organic mushrooms in the country.
Giorgio Fresh’s organic mushrooms are produced primarily at its farms in Berks County, PA. Its operations continue to pass stringent inspections ensuring that it meets U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organic Standards, generally referred to as NOSB.
“We are proud to serve a wide range of customers from supermarket chains to wholesale distributors to foodservice distributors to restaurant chains,” noted Litvin.
He also pointed out that according to a recent shipping report from The Mushroom Council, the industry saw organic sales increase by 19.3 percent while volume increased by 15.6 percent in the month of December.
Similarly, those numbers were reported to increase in 2014 by 30.3 percent in sales and 29.5 percent in volume respectively over the previous year.
Giorgio Fresh services customers from Maine to Florida, west to Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Texas.
“We also ship truckload quantities to customers on the West Coast,” said Litvin. “Organic sales continue to grow strongly, and we will continue to meet this increasing trend.”
Giorgio Fresh Co. is a fully integrated grower-shipper of fresh mushrooms. In being so, it controls every step of the process; from growing to distribution. Its mushrooms are grown, hand-picked and processed in state-of-the-art packing facilities under strict quality control. Giorgio is SQF Level 3 and MGAP certified, and all mushrooms are grown using IPM-certified procedures.
