Sarah Hoxie gets the 411 on a new venture between two companies with strong commitments to quality and sustainability.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> This new partnership is growing green and is sure to make some green. Windset Farms is now a grower and brand supplier of Green Giant Fresh, Greenhouse Products. The company started shipping Concerto Grape Tomatoes, last week and will introduce Beefsteak, Roma, and Tomatoes on the Vine, this Spring.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Jamie Strachan, CEO, Green Giant Fresh joins AndNowUKnow to reflect on recent events, “The people at Windset, they are innovative, they’re creative, they’re service oriented. They have proven capabilities that span the entire line of greenhouse products. They have important customers they currently service throughout North America throughout the year. Green Giant Fresh has partnered with Windset Farms to ensure a strong presence in a very important and rapidly evolving fresh tomato and hot house category. And we have been looking at this category and we have been looking for leadership in this category and that is how we chose Windset.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> John Newell, COO, Windset Farms gives AndNowUKnow a few moments of his time, “We are very honored that they would come as a long time farming group and brand and come to us to say that they have identified us as potential partners. It is great to partner with a company like that. They are an iconic brand that connects with families. For us, sustainability is the real keystone to what we are doing because we grow hydroponically, because we grow indoors, we are always looking for ways of saving energy and saving water and fertilizer and impact on the environment. They received the Green For Over 50 Years Award, recently. That is something that is really big for us, to partner with folks who understand not only what we are about, but that are on the same path.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">http://www.greengiantfresh.com/<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">http://www.windsetfarms.com/<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
