Hawke’s Bay apple company Rockit Global Ltd. has recently announced plans to build a state-of-the-art headquarters and post-harvest facility in Longlands, Hastings, New Zealand. The 226,000-sq.-ft. facility is slated to open before the 2021 apple harvest season. The new facility is said to be optimally positioned close to three of the company’s existing orchards, in a region known for its food and wine culture.
D’Orsogna Limited has recently opened a 118,000-sq.-ft. food manufacturing facility in Victoria, Australia. The $44.6 million investment will allow the food manufacturing company to expand capacity to produce cured and cooked hams, gourmet continental goods, bacon and cooked sausages. The new facility will employ 200 people.
An August white paper from the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) explores financing tools available to cultivate regional food systems, from measures addressing food scarcity to supporting company growth, agribusiness and healthier eating. “Financing the diversity of food-related businesses and projects — from dairy farms and restaurants to small-scale canneries and seafood processing facilities — has been difficult in the past,” the authors write in the introduction to the 20-page paper, “yet a wide range of underutilized resources exist today that can help build a better food system.”
Cathy McFarland, Site Selection’s regional director of sales & marketing for the Midwest, made this image during the Industrial Asset Management Council’s (IAMC) service project on Saturday at the Hunger Task Force farm and fish hatchery in Franklin, Wisconsin, outside Milwaukee. The group picked more than 2,600 pounds of tomatoes and squash, destined for the tables of people in need by this evening. Last year, Hunger Task Force delivered more than 9 million pounds of food to serve Milwaukee’s community.
DIGITAL EDITION
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PHOTO OF THE DAY
Industrial Asset Management Council Executive Director Tate Godfrey made this photo of the new $450 million Northwestern Mutual headquarters in Milwaukee, where IAMC’s Fall Professional Forum is taking place through Wednesday. Designed by Pickard Chilton, the award-winning corporate campus embodies a new trend of engagement with the city around it, and features pedestrian-oriented streetscapes and three acres of gardens.
