As a member of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee, I felt obligated to respond to the letter “Tomato Growers Ripe with Outrage” (THE HOYA, March 18, 2008, A2) from Reggie Brown on behalf of the ...

McDonald’s Corp.’s high-profile deal to raise wages for Florida tomato pickers appears to have run into a major obstacle: Florida’s tomato farmers. The Oak Brook-based restaurant … ...

The Growers Exchange, which grows more than 150 herbs and ships them across the continental United States, expects to begin shipping its spring 2018 crop from a 29,185-square-foot warehouse and ...

PEPPER GROWERS. Bell pepper farmers in Florida have organized a growers exchange to improve marketing and production of the state’s No. 2 vegetable crop, ranked by revenue. The Florida Bell ...

The Growers Exchange, which currently has operations on a 600-acre farm in Charles City County, has purchased land and soon will start construction on four acres at Tech Park Place in Varina, ...

Calavo was originally launched as The California Avocado Growers Exchange in 1924 and changed to Calavo in 1926. In 1949, the company expanded from avocados to include Hawaiian papayas.

Calavo Growers was founded in 1924 as the California Avocado Growers' Exchange to market the nascent avocado crops from California. After almost 8 decades as a growers' cooperative, co-op members ...

The new Ramona Grange Growers Exchange at 215 Seventh St. attracted eight vendors who sold produce, sourdough bread, homemade jams, honey and other assorted items.

To Florida United Growers and Florida Citrus Growers Exchange the Board advanced $300,000. This loan was obtained to equip Florida fruit shipping warehouses with apparatus for destroying the ...

Trouble was brewing for the Michigan Potato Growers’ association in 1924, while a boa constrictor was on the loose in Harbor Springs in 1974. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.