Griffin, one of the largest horticultural brokers and suppliers in the United States, announced today the relocation of its Aurora, CO facility to Denver, CO. The new state-of-the-art facility is 36,200 square feet with 1,900 square feet of administrative office space.

The New Zealand apple and pear season is approaching harvest, and growers have good reasons to be positive and optimistic, according to Vanguard International.

As strawberry season begins to unfold in California, so does the beginning of volunteer season by the Bobalu staff.  Typically, volunteering is done without much fanfare, just because it is the right thing to do.  

A good supply of Northwest pears is available right now. Quality is superior on all varieties. The Bartlett market is slightly higher. The market is steady on all other varieties. This is an excellent time to promote pears in weekly ad flyers.

There are 10 attractive varieties of Northwest pears — Anjou, Red Anjou, Bartlett, Red Bartlett, Bosc, Comice, Concorde, Forelle, Seckel and Starkrimson.

Check with your suppliers to secure as many of the variety pears as possible for your promotion. Add in Asian pears as well.

Procurant, a cloud-based software company transforming the global food supply chain, released Procurant Inspect, a mobile software solution available as an annual subscription that accelerates and modernizes the perishable goods inspection process at retail grocery distribution centers.

Monterey Mushrooms is getting ready to launch a new product line consisting of organic full spectrum and Mycelium Plus mushroom powders for use as ingredients by food and supplement manufacturers. This nutraceutical product line is an extension of its all-natural Just Mushrooms Vitamin D2 powder line, which it has been producing for over 10 years.