Foxy organic vegetables are in production in Yerington, NV. The company said from late May to mid-October there is no better place to grow organic produce than out of Yerington. The high elevation, mild climate, fertile soil and abundance of quality water make for an ideal location for growing organic vegetables.

“This will be our 13th season in Yerington, and the demand for our product continues to grow," said Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing Mark Crossgrove. Over 25 different organic vegetables are grown and shipped out of the Walker River Cooling Facility in Yerington. The

Members of the produce industry will join together to make their voices heard at the 2021 annual Washington Conference taking place Sept. 20-22 in person at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC.

“After a year of virtual events, we’re thrilled to bring our industry back together in person for one of the most important events of the year — our opportunity to explain our challenges and voice our concerns with the nation’s top elected leaders,” said United Fresh Chairman Danny Dumas, president of Courchesne Larose USA.  “And, with our new alignment with the Produce Marketing Association coming in

For the first time, Just Walk Out technology is available in a new full-size Amazon Fresh grocery store. The company said customers can save time shopping for groceries by skipping the checkout line with the launch of its new Amazon Fresh grocery store with Just Walk Out shopping, opening Thursday, June 17 in The Marketplace at Factoria in Bellevue, WA.

This is the very first time the company has built the option to shop using Just Walk Out or traditional shopping all in one full-size grocery store — veggies, fruit, meat, seafood, prepared foods.

In this store, customers can come in, shop

Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman, co-founders and co-CEOs of nationally acclaimed fast causal restaurant chain sweetgreen, have been confirmed as the first of two keynote presenters at the fifth annual Organic Produce Summit this September in Monterey, CA.

Sweetgreen was founded in August 2007 by Jammet, Neman and Nathaniel Ru three months after they graduated from Georgetown University's undergraduate business school. Recognized as one of the nation’s most progressive food companies, sweetgreen has over 120 locations across the United States, and more than 3,500 employees.

“As the country

Louis Rakoczy has joined Ocean Mist Farms as chief finance officer and Kevin Healy has joined the leading grower and marketer of fresh artichokes as its grower relations manager.

As CFO, Rakoczy will oversee the accounting, finance and information technology departments to include risk management and tax and audit practices. Prior to joining Ocean Mist Farms, Rakoczy spent 25 years in finance and was previously senior vice president of finance with Curation Foods/Landec Corp. Rakoczy graduated with a degree in math and operations research with a specialization in computing from the University

Sprouts Farmers Market recently opened a new produce distribution center in Orlando, FL, marking its first distribution center in Florida and its seventh across the country. Since opening its first store in the state in 2017, Sprouts has been rapidly expanding across Florida. The center will serve all the grocer's current 23 stores in the state and the additional 10 locations planned to open in Florida this year.

The 135,000-square-foot facility was built for Sprouts and includes 34-degree and 55-degree storage and fruit-ripening rooms that are ideal for the wide variety of fresh produce