Highland Ag Solutions Stays Sharp in Face of Coronavirus Crisis
As Florida and the nation continues to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida Grower® magazine is recognizing the important role businesses play in serving specialty crop producers in the state. This month, we are featuring Steve Maxwell, founder and CEO of Highland Ag Solutions.
Justin Machell Promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Highland Ag Solutions, LLC
Mulberry, FL – The board of directors of Highland Ag Solutions is proud to announce that Justin Machell has just been promoted to Chief Executive Officer.
Highland Welcomes Aimee Smith as Sales Manager
Please help us welcome Aimee Smith as the new Sales Manager for Highland Ag Solutions. Aimee will be responsible for implementing and managing our strategic sales efforts.
From Blues to Faith
I’ve been in the produce industry now for more than 30 years and I can testify that we’ve seen a lot of change. The Blueberry industry can also testify that much change has occurred during those 30 years. But not all change is bad.
Stopping Cross Contamination
Stopping cross contamination is a crucial step in keeping our nation’s food supply safe for human consumption. It becomes a daily task that few people enjoy. Maintaining equipment that is clean, safe and running plays an important role in moving products through the supply chain. Highland Fresh Technologies is dedicated to helping blueberry growers through the post-harvest process with sanitizing and cleaning products that are effective, efficient and easy-to-use.
How to Turn Your Data into Something You Can Use
July is the peak of blueberry production in North America and appropriately, National Blueberry Month here in the US. While the blueberry industry is focused on promoting the healthy benefits of berries to consumers, it is also a perfect time to share how industry farmers, packers and marketers can use data to help their businesses.
News : CDC Releases Agricultural Employer Checklist for COVID-19
CDC and the Department of Labor have created a checklist for agricultural operations to aid growers and packers in assessing the unique risks and practices specific to farming activities.
A Look into the Future
When we look way back to 2005, at the beginning of Highland, there was a very small group of people learning about an emerging need in the produce industry. That small group had limited knowledge about the plastics and packaging world, and each day was a learning experience. It was an opportunity to listen to […]
Agricultural Perspective on a Pandemic
We only need look to agriculture to put our current situation into context. Every farmer has dealt with some type of new pest problem over time. There are clear analogies between what we do in agriculture and what the medical community does to combat disease challenges.
COVID-19
The National Institute of Health released a pre-publication report March 11th on environmental stability of the virus causing COVID-19 illnesses. This was based on lab work conducted in the U.S. with the new virus. They examined survival in aerosol form in the air (such as after a sneeze or cough), and on cardboard, copper, stainless steel, and […]