Rice Fruit Co. marketing the new KIKU club variety apple in New York for the first time
This year marks the first time that Rice Fruit Co. in Gardners, PA, has promoted its new KIKU club apple in New York City. John Rice, company president, explained it is the first year it produced volumes ample enough to support the huge New York market.
S. Katzman Produce expanding in every direction
Now in its fourth generation of family members helping to oversee its operations, S. Katzman Produce Inc., located on the Hunts Point Terminal Market, continues to grow and expand in every possible direction.
In business since the 1920s, S. Katzman services retailers, distributors, caterers, restaurants and gourmet outlets with the full range of both organic and conventional fruits and vegetables.
Global Bloom continues to make strides in imports and exports
Now in its second year, Global Bloom LLC, headquartered in the Bronx, NY, engages in importing and exporting produce, predominantly into North America.
Managing Director Claire Sakho told The Produce News that the company has refined its field of customers and items since it was formed.
Auerbach family growing along with the Auerpak product line
The Maurice A. Auerbach family has proudly announced a new addition to its family. Josh Auerbach, son of company president, Paul Auerbach, and his wife Michelle, were blessed with the birth of their second daughter, Penelope Sage, in early April. Their eldest daughter, Lily, is now three years old.
“This makes it a happy time for everyone in the family and in our company,” said Bruce Klein, director of marketing. “We want our kids to be healthy and happy, and families like the Auerbachs truly understand the gift that a birth brings to a family unit.”
With added potato and onion lines, E. Armata is now a full line house
E. Armata Inc., located at the Hunts Point Terminal Market in the Bronx, NY, continually strives to better serve its customers, growers and shippers.
Paul Armata, vice president and secretary of the company, said that with the addition of its potato and onion department ,it can now supply its customers with a full line of produce.
Food safety is top-of-mind at premium green grower Baker Farms
Four decades ago, Terry Baker planted some land in central Georgia, near Norman Park, in cabbage and Southern vegetables. There was no such thing as the Food Safety Modernization Act, but handling with care was already a top priority for the entity that would become premium Georgia greens grower Baker Farms.
Bland Farms Vidalia onion season off to a flying start
In January, Delbert Bland of Bland Farms LLC in Glennville, GA, was worried about the Vidalia onion crop he had in the ground. There was heavy rain during the transplant period of November and December and temperatures stayed far above normal well into January — neither of which bodes well for onions.
Vidalia crop rebounds from rough start, sets Shuman Produce up for a dynamite season
Troubles are nothing new for Vidalia onion growers and this season started off as no exception to that rule. Heavy rains during the transplanting season of November and December were followed by warm weather that persisted into January. But over the last two months, Mother Nature has cooperated perfectly and Shuman Produce Inc. of Reidsville, GA, has a very nice crop of Vidalia onions heading to market now.
Generation Farms’ Vidalia crop to be one for the ages
The Vidalia onion crop coming out of the fields right now is officially the first for Generation Farms, but the families behind that new entity have been growing Vidalias for three generations. Early harvest results suggest Generation Farms will debut with a bang.
Planning, new capacity gets G&R Farms off to banner start
G&R Farms in Glennville, GA, has been in the Vidalia onions business for 70 years. Each new season brings its own challenges and rewards — but this year has brought “blessings” beyond anything that Chief Executive Officer Walt Dasher could have imagined.