Viva Tierra Organic Produce

07/06/2020

🍐🍐🍐Organic California pears are coming soon!

California pear harvest is about to commence. Harvest of conventional varieties starts this week, and organics are expected to start in the week of July 13. “A mid-July start is about…

02/12/2020

Our Sales Manager, Matt Roberts, is all smiles as he checks out the first of the new season organic pears packing now in Argentina.

07/26/2019

Our California marketing lead, Roy Ruff, and our President & CEO Luis Acuna, show off our new California Organic 2 and 3 pound zip top pouches at the Organic Produce Summit in Monterey, California. The new pouches will be making their market debut soon!

1 of 7 ← Previous Next → Tom Karst The Packer's Editor Tom Karst gathered these updates at the 2019 Organic Produce Sumit in Monterey, Calif. on July 11. VIVA TIERRA: Roy Ruff, regional marketing lead for the Viva Tierra Organic Inc., Mount Vernon, Wash., and Luis Acuna, president and CEO, hold ...

06/21/2019

Our President sat down with OPN for an interesting discussion of his long history in the organic movement. Check it out!

Luis Acuña is President and CEO of Viva Tierra Organic, one of the pioneering organic fruit marketers.

05/28/2019

Andrea of Agro Roca is understandably proud of these beautiful organic pinks, packed and ready to ship. We can hardly wait to receive them!

04/26/2019

While not as picturesque as spending time out in the orchards, attending National Organic Standards Board meetings is an important part of supporting & participating in the organic movement.

01/28/2019

The organic Bartlett harvest has begun in Argentina! We can't wait to get a taste of summer sunshine in the northern hemisphere - soon!

05/25/2018

Our President & CEO Luis Acuña (pictured at left) is attending the Organic Trade Association Organic Week event in Washington DC. A highlight of the conference was his participation in the CEO Roundtable: Innovations in Organic & Staying Ahead of your Consumer. Gary Hirshberg, Co-Founder & Chief Organic Optimist of Stonyfield Organic led panelists in an informative discussion. Other panelists included:
John Brunnquell, President, Egg Innovations
Carla Vernon, President, Natural & Organic, General Mills
Tyler Lorenzen, President, PURIS

04/26/2018

We're proud to have sponsored the TDS Enduro mountain bike race this month! Racers enjoyed delicious VTO organic apples, good weather and a terrific course. For the full race report, see http://reviews.mtbr.com/2018-tds-enduro-race-report

04/19/2018

Our Southern Hemisphere harvest is in full swing!

The South American organic apple and pear deal comes with a litany of challenges which continue to threaten the long term vitality and sustainability of production in Argentina and Chile. Increased production, declining returns, Argentinian inflation and major advancements in controlled atmosphere s...

03/02/2018

Looking good in the produce department!

11/27/2017

Fresh Plaza caught up with our President & CEO, Luis Acuña, in Chile to get an early glimpse of the upcoming apple season.

This coming season Washington expects to see 20 million bushels of organic apples. Viva Tierra specialises in 100% organic products, such as apples. “There is no indication, whatsoever, that the.....