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Tour de Fresh Announces Exciting Changes to 5th Annual Ride

As The California Giant Foundation prepares for the fifth annual Tour de Fresh, support from inside and outside the industry continues to pour into the event to get more salad bars to schools across the country. Joining the team for a second year, eight-time Tour de France rider and Olympic Bronze Medalist Axel Merckx will be in attendance offering his […]

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Helping school children eat healthy

Originally published in Issue 15, October 2016 Chris Higgins, general manager at Hort Americas, talks about why he and his company are involved with Tour de Fresh. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Chris Higgins, general manager at Hort Americas, to discuss his recent philanthropic activities, most specifically regarding his important work […]

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Tour de Fresh 2016 fundraising

Chris Higgins to ride in the Tour de Fresh 2016 to support the Irving Independent School District EVENT DATE: JUL 26, 2016 Tour de Fresh, presented by The California Giant Foundation, is the first-of-its-kind, collaborative event that unites the most significant brands and influencers in the fresh produce industry for a cycling event that raises […]

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Urban Ag News Online Magazine Issue 13

Click here to download the issue. Urban Ag News Issue 13  |  April 2016 Spring has sprung and so has Urban Ag News Issue 13. Be sure to check out the latest issue which contains some great articles and videos on controlled environment agriculture and urban farming. Urban Ag News’ Issue 13 cover story looks at […]

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2016 Tour de Fresh Sponsorships Available Now

The California Giant Foundation announces several exciting changes to Tour de Fresh in year three WATSONVILLE, Calif. (Mar. 1, 2016) – This year’s Tour de Fresh cycling event, presented by The California Giant Foundation and supporting Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools, is heading back to the west coast. The three-day ride leading up to […]

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Hort Americas Sponsors Tour de Fresh Ride

BEDFORD, Texas, Sept. 22, 2015 — Hort Americas is a proud sponsor (and rider participant) of the Tour de Fresh. This one-of-a-kind collaborative event unites the most significant brands and influencers in the fresh produce industry for a four-day cycling event that raises funds to benefit the Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools campaign. The […]

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Urban Ag News Online Magazine Issue 10

Urban Ag News Issue 10 Click here to download the issue. Urban Ag News is celebrating its 10th issue with a jam-packed magazine filled with practical production information and timely industry news. Every business today uses some type of technology even if it’s just for accounting and product inventory purposes. Urban Ag News celebrated the […]

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Mattawan Later Elementary thanks “Tour de Fresh”

Mattawan Later Elementary School would like to thank “Tour de Fresh” and all their fundraisers for the two wonderful new Salad Bars. Myself and everyone at Mattawan Later Elementary School would like to thank you and all of the Tour de Fresh sponsors and fundraisers for the beautiful new salad bars. When we set up the […]

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Urban Ag News Online Magazine Issue 8

Issue 8 | January 2015 Click here to download the issue. Job layoff kick starts vertical farming venture After six years of college and landing a position with a large architecture and engineering firm in Nashville, Tenn., Jeffrey Orkin thought his career as a landscape architect was ready to take off. Then the recession hit. In […]

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