Del Campo to launch new organic line
Del Campo to launch new organic line
NOGALES, AZ — In mid-January, a new organic program will be launched by Del Campo Supreme Inc. Jimmy Munguia, sales manager at the Nogales, AZ-based firm, said the small, preliminary organic line will involve eggplant and several tomato varieties, including Roma, round and grape.
Diego Ley, tgeneral manager of Del Campo Supreme Inc., with Jimmy Munguia, the firm’s sales manager.“Organics are a growing category and we are hoping to capture a portion of that business,” Munguia said. “Retail has asking for organics.”
Diego Ley, general manager, indicated that Del Campo once had a very small, pallet-quantity organic program. This proved to “be a learning experience. But our focus was not on organics.”
But the firm has land in the Mexican state of Jalisco for organic production to build a significant new organic effort. Del Campo also has great expansion opportunities for year-round, organic, hydroponic vegetables in its Sinaloa greenhouse operations.
Like all other product shipped from the farm, organics will carry the “Del Campo” brand.
On the conventional side, Del Campo grows, packs and ships red and yellow grape tomatoes, Romas, Beefsteak, tomatoes-on-vine, cocktail and vine-ripe tomatoes, red and yellow Bell peppers and mini-Bell peppers.
The firm has doubled its grape tomato production this year.
All of these products, except for tomatoes-on-vine, are shipped 12 months a year.
