Top 5 - Organic News to Help You Grow #249

1. Verdant Technologies Expands into Mexico 

Verdant Technologies announced the establishment of its Mexican entity and plans to serve produce and floral customers in Mexico with its shelf-life extension solution, HarvestHold. Mexico is the first country targeted in Verdant’s plans to scale internationally across the globe.      Read More

2. Regenerative Farming Bears Fruit

Operating diversified and regenerative farms requires a lot of hard work and dedication, but local farmers and ranchers find that contributing to Maui’s future sustainable food systems and building a healthy and collaborative community makes all the challenges worthwhile.    Read More

3. Wholesum Cuts the Ribbon to New Organic Tomato Greenhouses

Wholesum, a Fair Trade Certified grower-shipper of organic fresh produce, cut the ribbon to their newest state-of-the-art organic tomato greenhouses in Sonora, Mexico. The ceremony took place on Thursday, December 9 in Imuris, Sonora, Mexico and was attended by company associates, vendors, and industry partners.      Read More

4. Woman Helps 1,200 Farmers Go Organic

Even as the origins of organic farming in India can be traced back to the Indus Valley Civilization, only 2.78 million hectares of the country’s farmland—or 2 percent of the total sown area—was under organic cultivation as of March 2020, according to data shared by the the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.       Read More

5. Researchers Crack the Case of Ugly Produce and the Psychology Driving Food Waste

Explaining to consumers why buying a wonky carrot is good for the environment makes them more accepting of its flaws. This transparent messaging, combined with a sales approach to mix "ugly" with "regular" produce, could encourage people to buy misshapen fruits and vegetables and help reduce food waste, a new study finds.  Read More