Good Foods Group celebrates expansion of Wisconsin facility
Good Foods Group, a producer and marketer of guacamole and cold-pressed juices based in Pleasant Prairie, WI, celebrated the expansion of its plant in Pleasant Prairie, WI, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 22.
The expansion adds 40,000 square feet to its facility in the LakeView Corporate Park.
E. Miedema thriving with summertime vegetable deal
BYRON CENTER, MI — Sweet corn shipping is in full swing for E. Miedema & Sons Inc., based here. The firm is growing, packing and shipping 1,600 acres of vegetables this summer. Sweet corn acreage for the firm will be between 600 and 700 acres, according to Dave Miedema, the third-generation head of the family farm.
E. Miedema, which ships “Buck Creek” brand, produces about half as much cabbage and fall squash acreage as sweet corn. Cabbage shipping began June 20 and will run until Nov. 1. Fall squash shipping began Aug. 5 and is expected to end at Thanksgiving.
Mike Pirrone Produce offering abundant cucumber supply
CAPAC, MI — Hot sunshine fueled vegetable maturity in the vegetable fields scattered around this quaint southeast Michigan farm town in the last week of July. Varied crops, including zucchini, yellow squash and Bell peppers, which had been slow to mature thus far under much damper, cooler conditions, were suddenly moving toward a nice maturity.
Henry DeBlouw V, president of Mike Pirrone Produce, was pleased as he drove from field to field on July 27. DeBlouw expects a particularly abundant cucumber crop, which runs until mid-August.
FPFC's City Of Hope Luncheon
More than 300 produce industry professionals packed the Sheraton Cerritos Hotel Aug.
HLB Specialties first to market with organic large papayas
HLB Specialties, a leading specialty produce grower-packer-shipper with an emphasis on papayas, now has the ability to offer organic large papayas in commercial volumes.
Nickelodeon expanding produce cross-merchandising opportunities
Two sectors of the produce industry have an opportunity to enter a joint promotion with a major national consumer brand, Nickelodeon.
The man behind this opportunity is Nickelodeon’s Rex Weiss, senior director of retail business development. Weiss’ office is in Rogers, AR, which is by no coincidence located near Walmart headquarters in Bentonville.
Canadawide to showcase ‘Frescadel Organic’ brand at QPMA convention
The fruits of labor continue to flourish at Canadawide as three brothers, George, Michael and Nick, successfully continue to grow their parents’ legacy.
Consumer research shows Canadians love SweeTango
A study found that Canadians who have tasted the SweeTango apple rated it as their No. 1 apple. The national online study, conducted in November 2014 during the Canadian apple season, asked Canadians to share their knowledge and experience with 16 different apple varieties, as well as their usage and preferences about apples in general.
Production practices ensure California apples couldn’t get fresher
Receivers of California apples are guaranteed one thing. The fruit couldn’t be fresher if they had picked it off the trees themselves.
The reason: Once the apples are harvested, the industry moves them into the pipeline immediately.