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OPN Connect Newsletter 100
OPN/Nielsen Organic Data Exclusive, Crosset's Growth, Strawberry Overview, PhycoTerra and more...
A premier service-centric produce wholesaler for more than 114 years, Crosset Company (originally known as LCR) was founded in Cincinnati by a trio of friends—James Leonard, Walter Crosset and George Riley.
Organic strawberry acreage in California has risen to more than 13 percent of total strawberry acreage, which is a notable gain in percentage over the last two years, even as the total organic acreage has remained fairly constant.
Armed with impressive trial data, representatives of Heliae Agriculture exhibited their proprietary PhycoTerra soil amendment product at the recent Organic Grower Summit in Monterey, CA, promising growers better crop performance and decreased use of water and other inputs if they apply the microalgae solution.
In a year when total grocery store dollar growth only reached two percent, organic fresh produce once again surpassed the status quo according to new information released by the Organic Produce Network and Nielsen. In total, organic produce sales reached $5.6 billion in 2018 with the year ending on a particularly high note as sales increased 13 percent the final week of the year.
- NEPC and OPN Announce Shannon Allen as Keynote Speaker
- Spotlighting Women in Ag
- Supermarket Retailer Carrefour Joins Organic Agriculture Crowdfunding Project
- How Via Organic is Helping Local Vendors and Farmers Thrive
- Ampersand Adjuvant System Offered by Attune Agriculture
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