International Fruit Genetics

International Fruit Genetics (IFG) is a private Bakersfield, California-based fruit breeding company that licenses patented breeds of fruit to growers worldwide. The largest breeder of table grapes has licensed one type of this fruit to Bakersfield-based grower Grapery, Cotton Candy. In August 2023, it was announced that a consortium led by AMFresh had completed the purchase of the company. Subsequently, EQT Future and Paine Schwartz Partners became minority partners in Bloom Fresh International, a new entity created when SNFL Group and IFG merged. History Based in Bakersfield, IFG was founded in 2001 by David Cain, Jack Pandol, Glen Stoller, his wife Terrie Stoller, and their son Craig Stoller. Cain was a fruit breeder who in the 1970s worked in Fresno, California as a researcher with the USDA, developing new varieties of table grapes and seedless raisins. Meanwhile, Pandol was a UC Davis plant scientist graduate and third generation grape grower who had founded grape growing company Grapery in 1996.