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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...
Riveridge Produce Marketing Kicks Off 30th Season with New Hires and Promotions
SPARTA, Mich. –Riveridge announces new hires and promotions throughout its integrated operation from sales to packing to land to cider. Starting as an apple sales organization in July 1990, Riveridge has vertically expanded over the last 30 years to include growing,...
Southwest Michigan Kicks Off Asparagus Marketing for Riveridge Produce
SPARTA, Mich. – In Michigan, a true mark of spring is the first harvest of asparagus. Michigan asparagus is a quick six to seven-week season that starts in Southwest Michigan near Dowagiac and then dominates the landscape near the northern Lower Peninsula’s lakeshore...
Riveridge Produce Marketing Increases Michigan Fresh Apple Market Volume to 50 Percent with Addition of Jack Brown Produce
Sparta, MICH.— Riveridge Produce Marketing, the largest supplier of fresh Michigan apples, has acquired the sales operation of Jack Brown Produce, increasing their volume to 50 percent of Michigan’s fresh apple crop. With the increase in volume and varietal...
Riveridge Produce Marketing Expands Finance Depth to Better Service Growers and Growing Operating Units
Sparta, MICH.— Riveridge Produce Marketing expanded its finance department with the hire of Ed Braunschneider who steps into a newly created Chief Financial Officer role. Additionally, Danny Rock, who began his career in an accounting role with Riveridge, returns...
Riveridge Cider Co. Begins Production in Grant, Michigan
GRANT, Mich. –Nestled among 400+ acres of apple trees, Riveridge has expanded with the opening of Riveridge Cider Co., a 17,400 sq ft facility cold pressing and bottling blended fresh apple cider as well as varietal blends of Fuji, Gala and Honeycrisp in Grant,...
Riveridge Adds Michigan-Grown Asparagus to Produce Offering
Harvest Starts in Early May SPARTA, Mich.- March 29, 2016 – Riveridge Produce Marketing is a vertically-integrated apple grower, packer, marketer and the largest shipper of Michigan apples. For more than 25 years, Riveridge has been committed to promoting Michigan...
Chicago Culinary Students Get a Farm-to-Fork Experience at a Michigan Orchard
Chicago Public Schools students visit SW Michigan farm, apple packing facility Ag, culinary students visit apple orchard for farm-to-fork school trip Hartford, Mich. (Oct. 10, 2014) – Nearly 100 Chicago Public High School students had a unique farm-to-fork experience...
Riveridge Launches Comprehensive New Website
Riveridge Website Launch – The Apple Grower Unfolds New Comprehensive Web Platform Sparta, Mich. – Capping a months-long overhaul, Riveridge Produce has re-launched its web presence with a multi-media site. “We have taken an entirely new tack with the new Riveridge...
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