Northampton Growers, headquartered in Cheriton, VA, has operations in Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Virginia and Florida. It’s the latter that the company currently is focusing on for the important spring season.
Between November and June every year, the Florida growers work with peppers, squash, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplant and corn. While the company works all winter, the spring deal starts about the first week of April, starting with cucumbers and squash, followed by peppers.
Northampton Growers Produce is enjoying a solid November in Florida, as the company got a good start on peppers, cucumbers and squash. The fall deal is looking strong, and all expectations are the company will have a great winter.
“Florida goes from now until we start winding down around the first of April,” said W. Calvert Cullen IV, president of the company, which also has operations in, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and Michigan.
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April 26, 2021
Produce in Georgia that display the Georgia Grown label are strong sellers in the state, as consumers know to trust these locally-grown products.
Duke Lane, one of the partners in the Fort Valley, GA-based Genuine Georgia Group, credits the leadership of the state’s Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black and his team for helping Georgia’s farmers survive and thrive by championing this program.
Lane also says Georgia growers do well because many are fifth- and sixth-generation family farmers who are dedicated to doing things the correct way. Plus, Georgia has a soil composition and growing environment that is considered one of the sweetest spots on earth, and its proximity to the Eastern United States keeps the state’s products the freshest in the nation.