Top 5 - Organic News to Help You Grow #286

1. Lancaster Foods Emphasizes Organics and Fresh Cut

Lancaster Foods has been a staple in the Baltimore area for decades, operating out of a 2state-of-the-art 220,000-square-foot distribution and processing center in Jessup, MA, employing more than 700 employees. The biggest buzz around Lancaster Foods is that it continues to grow geographically and has increased efforts to emphasize organically grown and fresh cut.   Read More

2. Plenty to Build World’s Largest Vertical Farm Campus

Plenty Unlimited Inc. today announced it has secured up to 120 acres of land near Richmond, Virginia, to build the largest, most advanced indoor vertical farm campus in the world. The centrally located Plenty Richmond Farm Campus marks Plenty’s expansion beyond the US West Coast and will bring fresh, healthy produce to the East Coast year-round.   Read More

3. LIV Organic Produce’s Anthony Innocenti Talks Year-Round Squash Program

It’s hard to go on an exploration of the squash sector and not think of LIV Organic Produce. As a year-round supplier of hard squash, the grower is able to wield its 52-week fulfillment network to provide retailers with an ample supply of high-quality acorn, butternut, delicata, kabocha, spaghetti, and pie pumpkins varieties, great for the fall and winter holidays.      Read More

 4. 89% of Italian Households Bought Organic at Least Once This Year

Italy remains at the top of the organic sector in terms of share of agricultural area, operators, and exports. and away-from-home consumption) have reached 5 billion euros and account for 3.5 percent of global organic retail sales. What is driving the growth of the market is out-of-home consumption, which has exceeded 1 billion euros, marking a growth of 53 percent compared to 2021.   Read More

5. Organic Farm at Massachusetts Jail Celebrates 10 Years

For more than a decade, inmates have been growing fresh produce on the organic farm at the Worcester County Jail. Harvests have not only benefitted dozens of Worcester County food banks, senior centers, soup kitchens, veteran’s groups and charitable organizations, but also inmates at the jail.     Read More