MyLand Company, LLC (MyLand) announced Joe Ruiz as director of sales, western region, on Monday, June 7. Ruiz will serve as a regional sales director, responsible for client expansion and new client acquisition in the important Western United States and Mexico. Ruiz will work with growers and partners in this region to implement MyLand’s cost effective and scalable regenerative agriculture solution, analyze soil health improvement, and deliver a seamless customer experience.

“We are very excited to see Joe’s efforts to expand our North American direct and channel sales. He has deep knowledge

With more shoppers opting to save time by ordering groceries online, Food Lion is excited to announce the expansion of its Food Lion To Go grocery pick up service to 32 stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia beginning June 7.

The launch of this service comes just in time to make summer shopping even easier.

Customers can confirm availability and place orders through the Food Lion To Go website or the Food Lion To Go app. With just the click of a button, shoppers can place an order and pick up their groceries on the same day and experience the same low prices and fresh food

With the demand for greenhouse grown produce continuing to increase, DelFrescoPure is consistently looking for ways to become more sustainable and ensure high-quality produce is available year-round. Implementing a Cogeneration power plant is the most efficient way to achieve that goal. As of fall 2021, DelFrescoPure will be increasing its pre-existing Cogen system by 6.5 MW, for a total of 10+ MW across their facilities.

Cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) is the onsite generation of electricity from the use of natural gas. The byproducts of CHP are heat that can be stored and used

Stemilt will begin harvesting and packing Skylar Rae brand Tip Top cultivar cherries early next week so consumers across the country can enjoy the sweetest cherry you’ll ever eat. Stemilt marketing director, Brianna Shales is excited about this year’s crop potentials and knows consumers are looking forward to the super-sweet and firm cherry. 

“The crop is projected to have good sizing, great quality, high sugar levels and of course, World Famous flavor,” explained Shales. “We already have consumers contacting us, asking when they they’re available, so we know cherry lovers are getting excited

Vick Family Farms, based in Wilson, NC, added bi-color sweet corn to its rotation last year, and with the shortage of corn in Florida and Georgia, it seemed to hit the market at the perfect time, harvesting the week before and during the Fourth of July.

“We had a very successful inaugural corn season,” said Charlotte Vick, partner/sales and marketing manager at Vick Family Farms. “My brother, Linwood Vick, and I wanted to try a new crop under new center pivot irrigation we installed last year and also a crop that would fill a gap for our labor between sweet potato transplanting and harvesting

Anthony D’Ottavio grew up in a New Jersey farming family and had no doubt, at a very young age, that he would follow the family legacy into the business.

“I’m a farm kid,” he said. “I was born on the farm and have been working on it since I was a little kid. I remember sitting at the window every day watching my grandfather pass by on the tractor. I was born and raised in Vineland, NJ, and have no plans on leaving. I love Vineland.”

The D’Ottavio farming roots date back to the turn of the last century when Pio D’Ottavio initiated the farming business and then son Callie D’Ottavio cleared 40