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/PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1976 by Bob and Barbara Sanderson, who have been credited as pioneers of the U.S. commercial sprouting industry and now headed by...

Robert Sanderson, co-founder and former president of Jonathan Sprouts Inc., died Jan. 9 due to complications with pneumonia. Mr. Sanderson, along with his wife, Barbara, started Jonathan Sprouts in 1976, and the two have been credited as pioneers of the U.S. commercial sprouting industry.  Mr. Sanderson was born June 23, 1943 in Boston and attended Phillips Academy-Andover, and University of California-Berkely where he was a Buckminster Fuller enthusiast, active in the free speech movement and played in several jazz bands.

Potandon Produce, the largest marketer of healthy, fresh table stock potatoes in the nation, and leading marketer of fresh onions, has announced that Dave Allen will join the russets and onions sales team as senior director of sales.

Surf City Farm in Hampstead appeals county's decision after selling produce from outside sources.

The Pender County Board of Adjustment on Wednesday unanimously denied the appeal of Surf City Farm,