produce delivery

Vertical farm to provide fresh herbs to retailers in Texas, Oklahoma

Texas-based vertical indoor farm Eden Green Technology announced Tuesday it has launched an herb program, aiming to supply fresh greenhouse herbs to retailers in Texas and Oklahoma.

Founded in 2017, Eden Green operates two 100,000-square-foot greenhouses in Cleburne, just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The company has been supplying greenhouse-grown romaine and butterhead lettuce to more than 400 stores in the region.

CEO Eddy Badrina said Eden Green Technology decided to launch the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/vertical-farm-to-provide-fresh-herbs-to-retailers-in-texas-oklahoma

GrubMarket makes yet another acquisition, but this one is different

GrubMarket acquires Oakwood Transportation to expand food supply chain through logistics and trucking capability

Thirty. That’s the number of acquisitions food tech unicorn GrubMarket has completed since the beginning of 2019, and the company is only picking up the pace. One-third of those acquisitions have taken place since June of this year, an incredible number that’s growing larger by the month.

That includes this month, when GrubMarket announced its 31st acquisition since 2019, buying Oakwood Transportation for an undisclosed amount. At first glance, the purchase might seem like just another addition...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/grubmarket-makes-yet-another-acquisition-but-this-one-is-different

Ex-Walmart execs build digital freight platform for fresh produce

  • Ex-Walmart execs build digital freight platform connecting produce shippers with truckers.
  • Around 14% of produce loads are rejected because the food is inedible.

One of the advantages of working for a megabrand like Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is you get instant access to pretty much everyone.

“You get the meeting,” said Syed Aman. “You barge in and people will meet you.”

Aman knows whereof he speaks. He was part of the engineering team that built Walmart’s online grocery platform into a...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ex-walmart-execs-build-digital-freight-platform-for-fresh-produce

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