date:Apr 23, 2014
San Diego-based Organics Unlimited has added 370 acres of certified organic banana production in Michoacan, Mexico.
The new acreage will mean six or seven additional loads of bananas per week in the summer and about four additional weekly loads during the winter, according to a news release.
Broken down, that means a total of 6,680 cases of bananas during the summer and 3,840 cases in the winter.
Having farms near the U.S.-Mexican border also should help the firm reduce its carbon footprint a