Big Y and partners have sent checks to 100 farms for this year’s Local Farmer Awards — a record number of awards in the program’s 10th year.  Among the winners, the most common ‘primary product’ was vegetables.

A team of independent reviewers read each of the 199 applications submitted this year.  These reviewers selected 100 farms to receive a 2024 grant from the Local Farmer Awards. 

Rice Fruit Co., a leading producer of high-quality Eastern apples based in Gardners, PA, announced a partnership with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Pennsylvania Lawn Conversion Project. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in the Alliance’s mission to revolutionize regional land management practices, as well as Rice Fruit’s dedication to land sustainability and environmental responsibility.

Grimmway Farms entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Oxnard, CA-based San Miguel Produce Inc. This acquisition marks a significant milestone in Grimmway’s strategic expansion efforts and underscores its commitment to delivering innovative product offerings to its customers.

Catania Worldwide’s business model is to not be “all things to all people.”

That means the company is the fig people, lime people, kiwi people, cactus pear people and so on.

Over the past two decades, FlowerTrials has evolved from a joint promotion initiative set up by a handful of breeders into a key event within the global horticultural community. No less than 59 companies will be exhibiting this year in week 24 for the 20th anniversary edition.

Dümmen Orange recently promoted Moises Cadenas to general manager of its Red Fox Las Mercedes Farm located in Santa Ana, El Salvador; and hired Walter Cadenas as general manager at its Antigua Flowers Farm located in Alotenango, Guatemala.