$VFF Village Farms maintains Production

Village Farms says production facilities in Texas, Vancouver remain open 17:31 VFF Village Farms said it has been closely monitoring the path of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak since it developed into a situation with global ramifications, and continues to monitor developments closely in real time. At this time, Village Farms' production facilities in Texas, Vancouver, Canada as well as its partner facilities in Ontario, Canada and Mexico, and Pure Sunfarms' facilities in Canada remain open. Village Farms and Pure Sunfarms already adhere to the highest health and safety standards in their operations and each has put in place heightened hygiene practices and safety protocols, including more stringent cleaning and sanitization, and are taking appropriate precautions throughout all operations as per the recommendations of health authorities. The company will continue to enhance and evolve such practices and protocols as the situation warrants, it said. "As we all know, these are unprecedented times, and our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected," said Michael DeGiglio, CEO Village Farms. "As it should be, our top priority at all times, and especially now, is to protect the safety and health of anybody that comes in contact with our products from planting through to the growing process and through to the ultimate consumption. We also have a commitment to our consumers to provide high quality produce as long as we meet our top priority, which, at this time, we continue to do. Some may question our decision to continue operations. As the founder and CEO of Village Farms, which has been a world-class fresh vegetable producer for more than 30 years, I am extremely proud of our unblemished food safety record. We have always not only met, but exceeded, our regulatory requirements. My personal goal has always been, and continues to be, that Village Farms lead the world in this regard. Our majority-owned cannabis producer, Pure Sunfarms' new facility was built with that as a critical underlying criterium. The technology being used is the best available today. Our customers, our consumers and our investors can be assured that, as good as we believe we are, our protocols are monitored and updated constantly so we have the ability to deal with any potential issue instantly. And I want to be clear that we will curtail or cease operations immediately at any of our individual operations should it become warranted. Our diversified footprint spanning three countries mitigates the potential impact of any such actions."
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