Homebuilder Lennar buys 554 residential homesites at Harvest at Limoneira
Homebuilder Lennar has bought 554 residential homesites at the Harvest at Limoneira master-planned community in Santa Paula, lemon grower Limoneira announced May 2. The transaction completes the sell-out of Phase 2 of the 1,500-unit development. “This is a big deal,” Limoneira CEO and President Harold Edwards told the Business Times. Limoneira did not disclose the value of the Read More →
Apeel CEO steps down, mission remains same
When James Rogers founded Goleta-based Apeel Sciences in 2012, he believed the hardest part of steering the company would be finding new ways to coat each fruit to help the quality last longer and help eliminate food waste. Turns out, the hardest part was finding a way to align the mission of the business while Read More →
Apeel appoints new CEO
Goleta-based Apeel Sciences announced that James Rogers will be stepping from his title as CEO and that the company has appointed Luiz Beling to take over the position. Announced Feb. 26, Apeel said in a press release that Beling will transition into the CEO role over the next months, working with Rogers. Rogers, founder of Read More →
Storms slam Central Coast to the tune of $50M
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Uncertain times: Calavo delays Q4 results, explores sale of fresh cut business
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Santa Barbara Winery looks to the community for investment
Correction: This story has been updated to more accurately reflect the value of the bond and explain how much investors could receive by the end of the term. A project nearly three years in the making is hoping to be completed by the middle of spring — and it will be done using funds from Read More →
Limoneira pleased by FY2023 despite revenue dip
Despite a 2.5% dip in fiscal year 2023 revenues compared to fiscal year 2022, the CEO of Santa Paula-based Limoneira says he’s pleased with the agribusiness’s year-over-year performance. “We achieved our full-year avocado and revised lemon volume guidance despite harsh weather conditions and softer lemon pricing throughout most of the year,” Harold Edwards said during Read More →
