Windset Farms leases building in Santa Maria for cold storage
Canadian agribusiness Windset Farms, which has 168 acres of growing area in Santa Maria, will take up residency in a recently-constructed industrial building at 1267 Furukawa Way. The international family-owned farm and natural produce supplier inked a 10-year lease on a 25,562 square foot building with plans to use it for cold storage. Al Segal Read More →
Our view: Speed up widening of Highway 101
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Windset Farms growing its Santa Maria operations
The Santa Maria City Council will consider a development agreement with Windset Farms to add two greenhouses on 40 acres of its 220-acre Black Road property. The expansion includes the construction of an 88,000-square foot grading, packing and cooling facility. If approved Sept. 9, the development agreement will also include a deferral of road construction Read More →
Santa Maria’s Windset Farms now powered by solar panels
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You say tomato: Greenhouse growers seek industry standards
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Hot commodities: Greenhouse tomato growers eye competition
Houweling’s Tomatoes in Camarillo and Windset Farms in Santa Maria view Mexican farmers as their biggest competition.
Windset Farms readies first tomato crop
Windset Farms’ 3 million-square-foot greenhouse — one of the largest hothouse tomato facilities in the United States — is up and running in Santa Maria. The first crop of tomatoes will be ready for picking in mid-October, Windset President Steven Newell said on Friday. The tomatoes were planted in August in what Newell calls “Greenhouse Read More →
