Executive changes for family-owned organic grower
Duncan Family Farms, a family-owned, multi-regional grower of more than 9,000 acres of certified organic produce, announced Will Feliz has been appointed CEO, and co-founder Arnott Duncan has assumed the position of chairman.
Feliz joined Duncan Family Farms as COO in 2009. He became president in 2016, returned as president in March 2019 after a brief hiatus, and now oversees the company’s strategic growth plans along with all day-to-day operations. Duncan, a fourth-generation Arizona farmer who founded the company with his wife Kathleen in 1985, will now focus on agronomics as the company continues to refine large-scale organic production in Arizona, California, Oregon, New York and potential new locations.
Smooth movement on organic baby lettuce
Supplies of organic baby lettuce are good currently. Patty Emmert of Duncan Family Farms in Goodyear, AZ notes that supplies are coming from both the desert region of Central Arizona Yuma and the Imperial Valley and supplies also come from Florida. Duncan will be in Arizona with these crops until April which is when it transitions for the summer season to supplies from California and Oregon.
It’s believed that continued steadiness lies ahead for the crop. “As we come into the warmer time in the winter, we’ll see steadier growth. There does not seem to be any indication that there will be significant issues with the exception of the typical pest pressure that comes in as the weather warms up,” says Emmert.
Many remember the big baby billboard off I-10. The baby is now back off Loop-303. Author: Chris Latella Updated: 7:23 PM MST December 31, 2020
PHOENIX She stood as a landmark in the West Valley for 15 years, before freeway construction caused her to be taken down. Now, a Valley icon is back.
Many call her the ‘Big Baby’, a 20-foot baby cutout complete with a horrified farmer and a disapproving Kathleen Duncan cutout standing near-by.
“It’s iconic, people recognize her, they remember her,” said Patty Emmert, who takes care of media relations for Duncan Family Farms. “It’s something if you were coming back into Phoenix from California, and you hit the big baby, you knew Phoenix was right there.”