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Riveridge Wins $100,000 State Grant to Upgrade Its Sweet Cherry Packing Line
MDARD awarded Riveridge $100,000 to add a weigher and batcher to its sweet cherry packing line in Grant, Michigan.
FreshPlaza Talks Apple Quality, Demand and Cider With Riveridge
Trish Taylor of Riveridge shares how the season turned out, why Ambrosia is catching on and how cider demand is growing.
Walmart Leaders and Congresswoman Scholten Visit Riveridge
Walmart leaders toured Riveridge’s farm and facility in 2025, following Rep. Hillary Scholten’s visit to Sparta in 2024.
Riveridge Apples Help Fill a Food Bank Trailer in Eastern Michigan
Riveridge Produce joined two other donors in filling a 53-foot refrigerated trailer with apples for the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.
Riveridge Named Among Michigan Value-Added Food Systems Grant Recipients
MDARD awarded Riveridge $100,000 to add a weigher and batcher to its cherry packing line in Grant.
Riveridge’s Theresa Kober Selected for USApple’s NextGen Apple Fellowship
Theresa Kober, food safety manager at Riveridge, is one of seven fellows chosen for the 2025 national leadership program.
Don Armock Honored as Michigan Fruit Person of the Year
Michigan Pomesters presented Don Armock of Riveridge with its Fruit Person of the Year award at Ridgefest.
Riveridge Creates New Customer Relationship Role with Addition of Produce and Michigan Apple Pro
SPARTA, Mich. – Oct. 16, 2023— While maintaining strong, honest and mutually benefiting partnerships with its customers has always been a priority for Michigan-based Riveridge Produce Marketing, it strengthens that commitment with the addition of John Woodall to its...
Two Michigan Produce Veterans Join the Sales Roster at Riveridge Produce Marketing
SPARTA, Mich. – April 24, 2023— Longtime Michigan produce marketers Bruce Heeren and Marilyn Heeren join the sales desk at the vertically-integrated produce marketer, Riveridge, located in Sparta, Michigan, this week. “The Heeren name is synonymous with produce in...
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Riveridge Produce Marketing
9000 Fruit Ridge Ave NW
Sparta, Michigan 49345
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