AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT SEVILLE FARMS

Fort Worth, Texas-based Seville Farms, a grower of high-quality annuals, perennials, ground covers, and a supplier of greenhouse management software, has announced a mass layoff and/or plant closing of three of its locations as it attempts to sell the company.

The layoffs has impacted 227 employees at farm locations near Winona, Texas, Los Fresnos, Texas, and Mansfield, Texas.

According to the company's President and CEO, Billy Brentlinger, "Three facilities are still in operation. Seville Farms is working to sell the company and save as many jobs as possible. Workers are still at those sites, but he said he couldn't say how many. We are still open; we're shipping. The sites still have inventory that is being sold as Seville is operating as an ongoing business."

The decision was driven by the loss of a key customer and market factors. While the customer was not identified, "the wholesale greenhouse and nursery business produces floral products for several large retailers such as Walmart and Home Depot."

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT HAWTHORNE GARDENING COMPANY

Vancouver, Washington-based Hawthorne Gardening Company, a subsidiary of Scotts Miracle-Gro and supplier of horticulture, organics, hydroponics, and lighting equipment and supplies, has announced that the company is transferring its manufacturing and assembly of its indoor cannabis grow operations and organic lighting products from Vancouver, Washington to a facility located in Temecula, California

The move has already impacted 150 employees, with approximately 100 employees remaining in Vancouver.

According to a company spokesperson, "It's a strategic move, consolidating all of the company's lighting manufacturing and assembly into one space — located closer to seaports and in the nation's largest cannabis market, the state of California. Unfortunately, a number of our people were impacted. That's something we can't really diminish at all. Decisions like this are never easy."

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT GREEN VALLEY PEACAN COMPANY

Sahuarita, Arizona-based Green Valley Peacan Company, a division of Farmers Investment Co., a pecan growing, processing, and distributor of pecan products, has announced that it will shut down its pecan processing plant in Sahuarita by the end of 2021, with the closure of its Pecan Store in early 2022.

The closure will affect 130 employees. The company will complete shelling in its Sahuarita facility through December 2021 and ship the plant's final orders through January and February 2022. The plant will be used for cold storage and shipping for pecans produced on the farm, with shelling outsourced to a third-party sheller.

According to a company spokesperson, "FICO is taking this action because of a challenging global pecan market resulting from tariffs, low-cost competition from Mexican pecan processors, and the financial impacts from COVID-19. These factors combined to make it unsustainable to continue shelling pecans in Sahuarita."

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?