Nature Fresh Farms welcomes Robert Van Der Geest as General Manager to their Mexico team. The company has financially invested in the operation of a 15-acre greenhouse with an additional 15 acres under construction, located in Central Mexico. Van Der Geest has been brought on to lead their greenhouse operations.
Houweling’s Group has moved to its new Nogales, Arizona, distribution and packing services center. Having outgrown the 18,000-square-foot facility the company operated the last few years, the new 30,000-square-foot facility has 50% more receiving bays, six coolers with the ability to manage three separate climate zones and a cooled packing area.
By transferring ownership of its first built facilities, Nature Fresh Farms presents an opportunity for several families to get involved in the industry.
December 10, 2019
Nature Fresh Farms, Canada, announced plans to pass off the keys to its Phase 1 and 2 greenhouse to Chosen Fresh Farms.
UbiGro film is designed to promote vegetable production and accelerate plant growth.
December 6, 2019
UbiQD, Inc., a Los Alamos, N.M.-based nanotechnology development company, received a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, D.C.
Little Leaf Farms produces over 1 million boxes of fresh greenhouse-grown baby green lettuce a month to major supermarket chains in New England year-round.
December 5, 2019
Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., received $18 million in financing from Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., to double in size in 2020, and expand outside of Massachusetts into New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.
The new greenhouse brings Mastronardi Produce Ltd.’s internal greenhouse network to seven locations across the United States.
December 2, 2019
Havecon Horticultural Projects, Holland, is nearing completion on the construction of Green Empire Farms (GEF), a high-tech greenhouse located in Oneida, N.Y.