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Governor, Delaware Leaders Welcome Allen Harim’s Decision to Purchase Former Pinnacle (Vlasic) Pickle Plant for Poultry Operations

Governor Jack Markell, Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee, Delaware Economic Development Office Director Alan Levin and U.S. Sen. Tom Carper issued the following statements today regarding the announcement by Harim that it intends to purchase the former Pinnacle Foods plant in Millsboro, invest $100 million and employ an estimated 700 people in a poultry processing, cut-up and cooking operation.



J.G. Townsend, Jr. & Co. Gives Over $227,000 to Delaware’s Open Space Fund

A charitable gift of over $227,500 by Georgetown-based J.G. Townsend, Jr. & Co. to the State of Delaware Open Space Program will help fund future land preservation efforts in Sussex County.



Department of Agriculture headquarters named in honor of retired Sen. Richard S. Cordrey

Former state Senate President Pro Tempore and Secretary of Finance Richard S. Cordrey was honored for his 35 years in public service to the State of Delaware with the renaming of the state Department of Agriculture headquarters.



Delaware racehorse enters Hall of Fame

Delaware Standardbred racehorse Rainbow Blue has been inducted into the Harness Racing “Living Horse” Hall of Fame, the first horse from Delaware to achieve this status.



Delaware Purchases 339 Acres of Sussex County Forestland With Help of U.S. Forest Service

Marking another milestone in its effort to conserve key natural resource areas, the State of Delaware has completed the purchase of 339 acres of Sussex County forestland that will now be part of the 12,400-acre Redden State Forest near Georgetown.






 Pages Tagged With: "agriculture"

Governor, Delaware Leaders Welcome Allen Harim’s Decision to Purchase Former Pinnacle (Vlasic) Pickle Plant for Poultry Operations

Governor Jack Markell, Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee, Delaware Economic Development Office Director Alan Levin and U.S. Sen. Tom Carper issued the following statements today regarding the announcement by Harim that it intends to purchase the former Pinnacle Foods plant in Millsboro, invest $100 million and employ an estimated 700 people in a poultry processing, cut-up and cooking operation.



J.G. Townsend, Jr. & Co. Gives Over $227,000 to Delaware’s Open Space Fund

A charitable gift of over $227,500 by Georgetown-based J.G. Townsend, Jr. & Co. to the State of Delaware Open Space Program will help fund future land preservation efforts in Sussex County.



Department of Agriculture headquarters named in honor of retired Sen. Richard S. Cordrey

Former state Senate President Pro Tempore and Secretary of Finance Richard S. Cordrey was honored for his 35 years in public service to the State of Delaware with the renaming of the state Department of Agriculture headquarters.



Delaware racehorse enters Hall of Fame

Delaware Standardbred racehorse Rainbow Blue has been inducted into the Harness Racing “Living Horse” Hall of Fame, the first horse from Delaware to achieve this status.



Delaware Purchases 339 Acres of Sussex County Forestland With Help of U.S. Forest Service

Marking another milestone in its effort to conserve key natural resource areas, the State of Delaware has completed the purchase of 339 acres of Sussex County forestland that will now be part of the 12,400-acre Redden State Forest near Georgetown.