Houweling’s takes final step out of Ventura County
All of the remaining operations of Houweling’s Camarillo and its proprietor Casey Houwling will leave the Ventura County area before the end of the year as the company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act with the state earlier this month. California’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN, requires companies to notify Read More →
Calavo completes sale of fresh cut business for $83M
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Fruit fly quarantines end in east Ventura County
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has declared an end to Mediterranean and Queensland fruit fly quarantines in Southern California, including parts of east Ventura County. The action comes following the eradication of the two invasive species, the department announced Aug. 6. In Ventura County, the nine-month-old quarantine had encompassed areas around Thousand Oaks, Read More →
Freska strikes deal to enter strawberry market
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Tri-county ag companies hit key milestones in Q2
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Homebuilder Lennar buys 554 residential homesites at Harvest at Limoneira
Homebuilder Lennar has bought 554 residential homesites at the Harvest at Limoneira master-planned community in Santa Paula, lemon grower Limoneira announced May 2. The transaction completes the sell-out of Phase 2 of the 1,500-unit development. “This is a big deal,” Limoneira CEO and President Harold Edwards told the Business Times. Limoneira did not disclose the value of the Read More →
Apeel CEO steps down, mission remains same
When James Rogers founded Goleta-based Apeel Sciences in 2012, he believed the hardest part of steering the company would be finding new ways to coat each fruit to help the quality last longer and help eliminate food waste. Turns out, the hardest part was finding a way to align the mission of the business while Read More →
