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Lakeside Organic Gardens’ Dick Peixoto to be honored as 2024 Grower of the Year

- General News
When he’s not overseeing his fields or working at Lakeside’s custom cooler, Dick Peixoto can be found at his farm-to-table restaurant in Watsonville, The California Grill, which serves fresh organic vegetables straight from Lakeside Organic Gardens. 

USDA expands market information for organics

- General News
This data promotes market transparency and helps farmers and businesses make informed business decisions – resulting in a fairer and more competitive marketplace for all participants.

Homegrown Organic Farms expands import berry program with new Texas location

- General News
Homegrown Organic Farms is excited to announce the addition of McAllen, Texas, as a new loading location for its import berry program starting in November.

Kapi Kapi Growers starts organic banana program

- General News
Kapi Kapi Growers, a leading grower-shipper of sustainably grown pineapples, bananas, and plantains, introduces organic bananas to their product portfolio.

Hippo Harvest launches organic greenhouse-grown packaged salads

- General News
Hippo Harvest, a grower, packer and shipper of packaged salads, today announced the launch of its newly USDA certified organic packaged salad product line.

Mastronardi’s Sunset Flavor Bombs tomatoes now offered as organic

- General News
Mastronardi Produce is ready to showcase the extension to their SUNSET BOMBS lineup at the 2024 Global Produce and Floral Show: Certified Organic Flavor Bombs.

USDA to spend $120MM on specialty crops research, organic production

- General News
USDA announced an investment of nearly $121 million to advance research and Extension activities that aim to solve key challenges facing specialty crop and organic agriculture producers.

Dole targets new generations of organic banana and pineapple shoppers

- General News
Tapping its quarter century of organic produce growing and marketing experience, Dole Food Company is specifically targeting Gen Y, Gen Z and Baby Boomer consumers in more than a dozen U.S. markets identified by Dole for expanded organic marketing efforts due to above-average indexing in organic consumption.

Holding company acquires organic retail chain GreenAcres Market

- Retail
Healthier Choices Management Corp. today announced the acquisition of GreenAcres Market, an organic and natural health food and vitamin chain with five store locations in Kansas and Oklahoma.

Green Growth: The importance of organic promotion

- Produce Blueprints
How important is promotion to organic sales? Our contributors confirm marketing activity can be key to solid retail sales.