As seen on St. Pete Catalyst: “INNOVATE St. Pete’s Brick Street Farms gets multi-million-dollar investment from Lykes Bros.”
Lykes Bros., one of the oldest and largest agribusinesses in Florida, is putting a big bet on the future of farming as it invests in Brick Street Farms, an urban farm and market in St. Petersburg.
Lykes is making a “significant” investment in Brick Street Farms, the two companies announced at a news conference Thursday. The amount of investment was not disclosed, but a news release described it as “multi-million dollar” investment…
…
The two companies first connected in November at the Florida-Israel Agriculture Innovation Summit, hosted by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, said Nikki Fried, Florida Department of Agriculture Commissioner.
The collaboration meets several goals, including feeding people in urban locations, fighting urban food deserts and food insecurity, bringing farm-to-fork produce closer to people and bringing cutting edge agriculture technology to everyone…
Read the full article on St Pete Catalyst here.
Latest News
-
Bay Area Restauranteurs Dish on Strategies
September 2, 2023 12:22 pm
-
Hospitality Event: Labor Remains Industry’s Toughest Puzzle
September 1, 2023 12:20 pm
-
How Israeli companies are finding local success
June 15, 2023 1:53 pm
-
Tampa General Hospital Teams Up with Navina to Bring Its Transformative AI to Primary Care Physicians
May 18, 2023 11:09 am
-
As Seen On ABC Action News: Florida Israel Business Accelerator Creates Jobs, Opportunities Through Tech Startups
April 26, 2023 3:58 pm