Branch Heads Into Another Successful Mixed Leaf Vegetable Season
South Bay, Fla. - November 14, 2017- Branch: A Family of Farms,
the country's largest distributor of sweet corn, is thankful that
their crops were not impacted by Hurricane Irma and they are
excited about the many new varieties that they will be offering as
they enter into another mixed leaf season.
"We are extremely grateful to have escaped major damage unlike
others who were impacted by the hurricane," says Brett Bergmann,
president of Branch. "As we look ahead to our mixed leaf vegetable
season, we expect to see increased demand due to excitement around
our regional offerings, as well as advantages for our customer's in
freshness and overall delivered cost.
Branch continues to invest in trialing new varieties to find
better offerings each season, and will have multiple new varieties
rolling out for the 2017 - 2018 season. The primary goal of the
research and development of these varieties is to continue to
improve upon the eating experience for the consumer, as well as
improve upon how varieties perform in the Southern climates. They
are especially excited about a new Endive variety that is in
production this season. When trialed, they discovered that this
variety has shown better tolerance to heat and humid growing
conditions,
allowing their farmers to grow and pack a more superior product.
Branch is also experimenting with a new pack on Cilantro,
Curly and Plain Parsley. They plan to trial this in 2-3 markets
this seasonand anticipate a wider expansion in the 2018 - 2019
season.
Branch Farms grows a full assortment of mixed leaf vegetable
items such as; Escrow, Endive, Chinese Cabbage, Green and Red Leaf
lettuce, Butter, Bibb, Boston, Romaine lettuce, Cilantro and also
Italian and Plain Parsley.
This winter's forecast is predicted to be much cooler, which are
ideal growing conditions for leafy greens in Florida. They are
forecasting a strong season due to overall crop outlook as well as
the improvements in varietal development and increased interest in
local programs.
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About Branch
Since 1957, our founding principles still drive us at
Branch: integrity, quality, service - a commitment to our industry
and the sustainability of our environment. As a family owned and
operated business, we are a premier grower, packer, shipper of
sweet corn in the United States also offering our customers green
beans, leafy greens, radishes and celery.