May 24, 2013

AgriBiz

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Dole Food Company, Inc. (NYSE: DOLE) today announced that it has acquired all of the capital stock of the parent of SunnyRidge Farm, Inc., one of the top fresh blueberry companies in the United States. SunnyRidge also sources and sells blackberries, strawberries and raspberries.

BARTOW – Polk County Farm Bureau board members unanimously elected Leslie W. “Les” Dunson, III, of Winter Haven, president of the board of directors following their 69th Annual Membership meeting on September 22nd. Dunson is the President of Dunson Harvesting, Inc. in Winter Haven. The family-owned and operated business was established in 1962 and provides complete citrus management services including marketing, harvesting, and grove care.

McLEAN, Va.,-- The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) Board today approved the agency’s Fall 2011 Abstract of the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, as well as the Fall 2011 Regulatory Performance Plan.

Work will provide boaters with easier access to Lake Okeechobee

Okeechobee, FL — The Henry Creek Boat Ramp, located in the Lake Okeechobee Rim Canal (L-47) in Okeechobee County, will close for eight days beginning today to improve the ramp surface for the boating public. Boat traffic in the rim canal will not be impacted.

Farmers Market Coalition Celebrates Farmers Markets as Economic Engines During National Farmers Market Week

While unemployment hovers at record levels this summer, entrepreneurship is thriving in unexpected places. With little fanfare, the nation’s several thousand farmers markets are growing jobs and strengthening local and regional economies.

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