Modesto, California
February 2, 2009
Harris Moran and sister
company Clause
(France) — together a business unit of
Vilmorin & Cie (France) —
announced today the acquisition of privately held GeneFresh
Technologies (Salinas, California). The acquisition strengthens
Harris Moran and Clause’s position in the leafy vegetable
market, while giving GeneFresh access to the business unit’s
well-established upstream technologies, and global distribution
platform.
“GeneFresh is a young and innovative company, built by lettuce
industry veterans who have a proven record,” said Matthew
Johnston, President and COO of Harris Moran, “Uniting their
expertise in variety development with our depth of market-reach
and scientific resources offers a highly responsive, leadership
opportunity within the California and Arizona leafy vegetable
sector.”
GeneFresh will continue to operate out of its Salinas and Yuma
hubs as a stand-alone division, with Dennis Choate of Harris
Moran named as Interim General Manager, Nathan J. Olivas as
Director of Research, and Doug Henry as Director of Sales.
Breeding innovative vegetable varieties designed to boost
yield and increase freshness, flavor and quality from plow to
plate, sister companies Harris Moran and Clause together form a
business unit of the largest, independently-owned seed company
in the world, Vilmorin & Cie. To learn more about Harris Moran,
Clause, and Vilmorin & Cie, please visit:
www.harrismoran.com,
www.clause-vegseeds.com,
and www.vilmorin.info.
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