ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS 



The Newest Acquisition 



Griffin Greenhouse and Nursery 

 Supplies, with corporate headquar- 

 ters in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, 

 recently announced the acquisition 

 of D&L Grower Supplies, Leola, 

 Pennsylvania. 



The Leola facility will be oper- 

 ated as a branch of Griffin Green- 

 house and Nursery Supplies and 

 brings the number of branches to 

 eight. The D&L staff will become 

 griffin employees. The facility will 

 be managed by Rich Graver, 

 former manager of the Latham, 

 New York, facility. The acquisition 

 also increases the company's mar- 

 ket share in the region through the 

 incorporation of additional product 

 lines. 



For more information, call 

 Tewksbury at 978-851-4346 or the 



Leola branch at 717-656-0809. 



A New 18-Acre Range 



{Plugged In, Issue 6, 1998) 



Suffield, CT: At least two years in 

 the works, plans for a new 18-acre 

 greenhouse here that will grow to- 

 matoes and peppers have been an- 

 nounced by both the State of 

 Connecticut and the Dutch coop- 

 erative that will build the project. 



The project (costing about 13 

 million dollars) includes the green- 

 house and a 100,000 square-foot 

 packing and distribution center on 

 42 acres in northern Suffield. The 

 site was picked for its proximity to 

 Bradley International Airport. 



The state economic development 

 authorities have been pushing the 

 project by the Rainbow Growers 

 Group in the hopes of expanding 



the role of Bradley as an interna- 

 tional hub. 



Rainbow officials say they plan 

 to hire 50 employees to run the 

 greenhouse and another 120 in the 

 distribution center. 



1999's New England Grows 

 Some Facts and Figures 



There were 11,812 attendees at 

 this year's New England Grows. 

 There were over 900 vendor dis- 

 plays in 190,000 square feet of ex- 

 hibition space. And 25 hours of 

 educational training. And the New 

 England states' Cooperative Exten- 

 sion Systems received grants total- 

 Hng $30,000. 



For those who plan ahead, next 

 year's conference is scheduled for 

 January 27-29 in Boston. For 

 more, call 508-653-3009. 



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