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November marks the 10th annual Arizona Leafy Greens Month

- General News
Arizona’s Governor Ducey has proclaimed November 2022 as Arizona Leafy Greens month. Through this proclamation he called upon all residents to recognize the Arizona leafy greens industry during the month of November for consistently producing an abundance of nutritious and safe leafy greens.

QR codes and the uses of lettuce

- Analysis
I’ve come across this fascinating and well-written piece on leafy greens from Epicurious. Although it’s a couple of years old, it’s extremely useful.

Bad weather causing lettuce, leaf prices to surge

- General News
The continued poor weather in California growing areas is limiting supplies of iceberg and romaine lettuce, as well as green leaf varieties. As expected, prices are on a sharp rise.

Crop One opens world’s largest vertical farm

- General News
Crop One Holdings, an industry leader in technology-driven indoor vertical farming, and Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest catering operations serving more than 100 airlines, today announced the completion and official opening of Emirates Crop One (ECO 1), the world’s largest vertical farm.

Gotham Greens to double greenhouse capacity in 2022

- General News
Gotham Greens, an indoor farming pioneer that operates one of the largest networks of high-tech hydroponic greenhouses in North America, will double the size of its greenhouse capacity from 600,000 square feet to over 1.2 million square feet in 2022.

Pairwise to bring genetically edited greens to market

- General News
Conscious Foods, a purpose-driven brand launched today by food+tech company Pairwise, announced its entry into produce at the Future Food-Tech show, offering a taste of its first product Conscious Greens.

Study shows green vegetables help prevent, fight COVID-19

- General News
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center report evidence from lab experiments that a chemical derived from a compound found abundantly in broccoli and other cruciferous plants may offer a potentially new and potent weapon against the viruses that cause COVID-19 and the common cold.

FDA will not conduct broad sampling of leafy greens in the Salinas Valley in 2022

- General News
The decision was made based on data from Western Growers, the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture inspection activities.

Green Life Farms expands sales through partnership with Cheney Brothers

- General News
Green Life Farms, the leading controlled-environment agriculture grower in the Southeast U.S., announces its partnership with Cheney Brothers, Inc., a major family-owned and operated regional food distributor.

Pure Green Farms elevates consumer marketing efforts

- General News
Pure Green Farms is running a 2-week long social media contest on Facebook and Instagram, where consumers can enter to win a year’s supply of lettuce.