IRVINE, CA - With a proprietary raspberry program cultivated for the summer, Gem-Pack Berries has cultivated favor with both retailers and consumers. I touched base with Michelle Deleissegues, Senior Vice President of Marketing, to learn a bit more.

“May marks the beginning of the Watsonville season, which builds throughout late spring and intensifies in mid-June,” she tells me. “Peak follows in June and July, for full summer enjoyment, and should hold steady throughout the season.”

The supplier’s domestic raspberry volume begins to decline in the fall, with a steady decrease through October. The season draws to a close in November with the turn in the weather.

Gem-Pack's Watsonville raspberry crop was established by Well-Pict thirty years prior, before transitioning to Gem-Pack in 2022 when Well-Pict joined the Gem-Pack family.

We’ll keep you up to date on the latest in berry production in California, so stay tuned to ANUK!

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Village Farms International, Inc. announced that its pending transaction to privatize the majority of its fresh produce business closed on May 30, 2025.

The transaction transforms Village Farms into a powerful global cannabis expansion platform with ownership of 160 acres of advanced greenhouse facilities, increasing exposure to international markets through the combination of its export sales and Netherlands operating assets, and incremental upside opportunity through its ownership interest in Vanguard Food LP.

Michael A. DeGiglio, Chief Executive Officer of Village Farms, commented in the release, “Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Village Farms. For the past eight years we have carefully built our cannabis business based upon our learnings from over 35 years in controlled environment agriculture, and now we are ready to move forward independently from produce. We have established an immensely talented team of cannabis leaders across the organization, and I look forward to watching more of our accomplishments unfold together as we invest more time and resources to become one of the world’s largest and most respected cannabis operators.”

The Company expects to file unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information to illustrate the effect of the transaction on the three-month period ended March 31, 2025, as well as for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, within the next four business days.