At this year’s 14th annual Leamington Greenhouse Competition, flavor prevailed once again, as Mastronardi earned the most awards, including the most first place awards, during the two-day competition.

Guiding Stars, a leading nutrition guidance program used by several leading East Coast grocery retailers and other organizations throughout North America, launched a fresh new look that will make finding nutritious choices even simpler for consumers online and in stores.

Spring Born, a 3.5-acre indoor hydroponic farm, is breaking ground in the CEA industry. The company is one of the first leafy green greenhouses in Colorado to undergo USDA Organic Certification. Spring Born products will be available for retail distribution starting August 2021.

Lowes Foods, a major supermarket chain headquartered in the Carolinas, has partnered with QuickCollect Solutions, powered by Bell and Howell, a leading provider of grocery pickup solutions, to provide more grocery options to consumers returning to the workplace. This partnership expands the Lowes Foods To Go delivery options by placing Bell and Howell’s QuickCollect GL temperature-controlled grocery lockers at offices and corporate campuses, enabling employees to have their grocery orders delivered to their office.

For its 2021 Peruvian avocado season, Calavo Growers Inc., based in Santa Paula, CA, is expecting to handle about the same volume as it did in 2020, but with a much better size distribution.