Edible Garden reports sharp increase in retailer product demand
Source: VFD.com
The Company has benefited from similar market disruptions before: in reporting its 2025 annual results, Edible Garden disclosed that cut herb unit sales increased approximately 22.9% year over year, driven in part by incremental volume resulting from supply chain disruptions among competing herb suppliers. The Company's operational execution is reflected in its industry-leading On-Time, In-Full (OTIF) performance and fulfillment rates that have exceeded 98% across its retail network.
Over the past several months, Edible Garden has announced a multi-year private label fresh herb supply agreement with a major Midwest big-box retailer extending through December 31, 2028; a significant expansion of fresh cut herb distribution with Walmart across the Mid-Atlantic; the commencement of shipments under a new fresh cut herb program with Target; and chainwide availability of its USDA Organic herb line at all The Fresh Market locations nationwide. In April 2026, Edible Garden was named one of the Top 25 Greenhouse Produce Growers in the U.S.
in 2026 by CEAg World, a leading authority covering the controlled environment agriculture industry, in a ranking based on active greenhouse production acreage. Our retail relationships have been built over many years by consistently delivering quality products when and where our customers need them, and we believe that record of performance represents one of Edible Garden's most important competitive advantages." "At the same time, our Farm-to-Formula® platform and the ready-to-drink buildout at our Prairie Hills facility with Tetra Pak are opening a path into higher-margin, shelf-stable nutrition categories that very few fresh produce companies of our size can access," concluded Mr.
Why this matters: For operators, this is a water-management story. The useful signal is that direct substrate measurements can help cut drain loss materially without giving up yield or fruit quality, which is exactly the kind of controllable efficiency gain a facility can build on.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does substrate sensing matter in free-drain strawberry systems?
Because drain percentage tells a grower what already happened, while substrate moisture and EC data show root-zone conditions directly. That makes it easier to cut water loss without guessing.
What is the operator takeaway from this trial?
If the thresholds are understood well enough, growers can reduce drain water materially while protecting yield and fruit quality, which makes sensing an operational tool instead of a reporting tool.
