Top 5 - Organic News to Help You Grow #290
October 13, 2021
1. Soli Organic Raises $125M for Indoor Farm Expansion
Soli Organic, the nation’s only soil-based indoor farming company delivering 100% certified organic produce, has announced the close of a Series D funding round totaling nearly $125 million. Read More
2. Homegrown Organic Farms Celebrates Attainment of Gold-Level ROC Status
Stewardship and compassion are concepts that ripple through the foundations of an operation, impacting everything it does. Homegrown Organic Farms (HGO) is celebrating an industry milestone in this vein as the first fresh fruit provider to achieve Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) Gold status, delivering a boost for regenerative ag messaging. Read More
3. Grimmway Farms and Its ESG Journey
This fall, Grimmway Farms will complete its second Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report. While Grimmway has been an industry leader in responsible farming and business practices for more than five decades, Grimmway President and CEO Jeff Huckaby likens the company’s formalized ESG reporting efforts to a “journey that’s never complete” as new challenges inevitably emerge, and new technologies, perspectives and information evolve. Read More
4. Daily Harvest Announces First Round of Grants to Underserved Farmers to Help Build a More Regenerative Food System
Daily Harvest, the company on a mission to make it easier to eat more sustainably grown fruits and vegetables, announced the first round of grants in partnership with American Farmland Trust (AFT) and California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF). The grants are one pillar of the multi-year partnership supporting historically underserved farmers in California’s Central Valley and Central Coast. Read More
5. Packaging Insights and Innovations with Fox Packaging, Fox Solutions, and Redpack
Driven by a desire to do better for our world, Fox Packaging and Fox Solutions have made recyclability and sustainability imperative goals. I got in touch with Victoria Lopez, marketing manager for Fox Packaging and Fox Solutions, and Jason Knowles, applications manager for Redpack, to get a deeper understanding of how these industry names position themselves as an incremental part of the supply chain. Read More