Fruitworks | The IFG Discovery Centre will include 27,000 square feet of new lab, greenhouses and business support buildings on 160 acres of land and will be the future site of IFG
IFG, the world’s top fruit-breeding and licensing company widely recognized for inventing the Cotton Candy™ and Sweet Globe™ grapes, has unveiled plans and the name of the company’s new $12 million state-of-the-art research facility and breeding campus at a socially-distanced ground breaking ceremony. The new facility, named Fruitworks | The IFG Discovery Center, will be the company’s new research and development headquarters and is located in McFarland, Calif.
IFG CEO Andy Higgins announced the name of the facility and surrounding grounds and discussed the company’s future endeavours. “Fruitworks | The IFG Discovery Centre will include 27,000 square feet of new lab, greenhouses and business support buildings on 160 acres of land and will be the future site of IFG where we will innovate, create, breed and grow many of the new varieties consumers and licensees have come to expect, as well as employ people in the Kern County and surrounding area,” said Higgins.
Dr Chris Owens, IFG’s lead plant breeder, spoke about IFG’s legacy of the last 20 years and how the new facilities will provide the infrastructure for continuing to transform the fruit industry.IFG is renowned worldwide for its innovative fruit-breeding programs that have changed the way consumers and retailers think and experience grapes and other fruits, and through the company’s unique offerings of flavor-forward fruit varieties and its global IP licensing program, IFG has transformed the fruit breeding industry in the short span of just 20 years.
