Last updated on December 14th, 2015 at 02:57 pm
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Goya Foods has donated 50,000 pounds of food to Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington to support its food pantries and emergency food programs throughout the archdiocese. The donation is part of a 150,000-pound donation equally distributed to food pantries and emergency food programs through Catholic Charities in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., in honor of His Holiness Pope Francis’ recent visit to the U.S. The donation will help stock the shelves in several locations run by Catholic Charities, including the food pantry at the McCarrick Family Center in Montgomery County, the Southern Maryland Food Bank in Waldorf, Maryland and several food pantries run in partnership with local parishes…
Imperial Distributors will host its fall and winter Holiday Seasonal Trade Show at the DCU Convention Center March 2-3…
Gotham Greens of Brooklyn, New York, has debuted its biggest and most ambitious expansion to date with a new facility located in the historic Pullman area on Chicago’s south side. Gotham Greens’ fourth greenhouse facility represents a massive expansion for the company and its first outside of New York. The state-of-the-art, 75,000-s.f. Chicago greenhouse, located on the rooftop of Method Products manufacturing facility, is powered by 100 percent renewable energy, employs more than 50 workers (many from the Pullman community) and will produce nearly 10 million annual crops of local, premium-quality, pesticide-free, leafy greens and herbs.
