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By Staff Report / Monday, February 25th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Features, Restaurants, Small Business, Tourism / Comments Off on 2013 Family Business & Closely Held Companies honorees announced
Congratulations to the 2013 Family Business & Closely Held Companies award winners. The section published Friday, Feb. 22 and is available with the print edition of the Business Times. This year’s winners are: Family Business Titan: Gills Onions, an Oxnard-based onion processing company owned by brothers Steve and David Gill. Legacy Family Businesses • Green Read More →
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By Alex Kacik / Friday, January 25th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Nonprofits, Top Stories / Comments Off on Uncommon donor for Ojai food project
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, January 4th, 2013 / Agribusiness, Features, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Strawberries sweeten ag outlook: Citrus pest, labor shortage continue to worry farmers
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By Staff Report / Thursday, December 6th, 2012 / Agribusiness, Banking & Finance, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on DeLorenzo leaves Dole for Itochu
Dole Food Co. President and CEO David DeLorenzo is leaving the company to lead Itochu Corp., the Japanese firm that’s in the process of buying Dole’s packaged foods unit for $1.7 billion. In another step toward closing the Itochu deal by the end of the year, shareholders of the Westlake Village-based food company approved it Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, November 23rd, 2012 / Agribusiness, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / 2 Comments
An agricultural labor shortage across the Tri-Counties is leaving some farmers wringing their hands and wondering whether a portion of next year’s crops may be left in the ground. Agricultural officials and growers are reporting that for the 2012 harvest season, labor crews were 20 percent to 30 percent smaller than in years past, and Read More →
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By Dana Olsen / Friday, November 2nd, 2012 / Agribusiness, Law, Top Stories / Comments Off on Santa Maria firm sued over role in listeria outbreak
A Santa Maria company’s subcontractor was the last firm to sign off on the food-safety practices at a farm that produced listeria-laced cantaloupe that led to dozens of deaths throughout the country, several lawsuits allege. PrimusLabs is a third-party food auditor that’s hired by growers to inspect whether their facilities, equipment and practices meet industry Read More →
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