One of the company's biggest challenges at that time was lining up the organic growers they needed for their products. Whether they have now established their supply chain was unclear on Thursday. "Everyone has been great and just really wanted us to be here." "And we’re a values-driven company, and we felt that the people we met here were the same," he added. The company set its sights on Orange County partly because of the "good workforce" it promised, Berliner said during that interview. "We looked at the Southeast, but it was too humid and the organic growers struggle with bugs," Andy Berliner explained during a Times Herald-Record editorial board meeting in 2019. The Goshen factory was conceived to make meals closer to that primary market. It will be the fourth production site for the California-based company, which has factories in three western states – California, Oregon and Idaho – but sells 60% of its frozen burritos, pizzas and other products in the eastern U.S. Now comes the factory, which is expected to employ 680 people and make 640,000 meals per day. But much of the work so far has involved supporting infrastructure, including a new, signaled intersection at the entrance on Route 17M and a $2 million bridge over the Wallkill River on the property. Chuck Schumer, a prominent booster of the venture and loyal consumer of Amy's meals. The company first pitched its project in 2013 and held a groundbreaking in 2019 with a huge cheering squad led by Sen. Long history: County IDA weighs tax benefits for Amy's in 2014 Senate advocate: Schumer urges local growers to go organic for Amy's In their own words: Couple who founded Amy's Kitchen speak to THR in 2019 Kickoff: Amy's Kitchen holds 2019 groundbreaking
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