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Produce for Kids received the Best International Initiative for Marketing Fresh Produce to Children for the Power Your Lunchbox program.

CHICAGO – The United Fresh Produce Association announced seven Innovation Award winners at the conclusion of its annual conference and expo June 12.

The New York Apple Association, Fishers, has received the Telly Award for a television commercial featuring the state’s apple growers.

CHICAGO — Jeff Huckaby, president of Bakersfield, Calif.-based Grimmway Farms, received The Packer’s Produce Man of the Year award June 10 at the United Fresh Produce Association conference and expo.

Jimmy Munguia, the chairman of the tomato division for the FPAA, has been busy in recent months supporting the group’s position in favor of keeping a tomato suspension agreement in place.

The annual Idaho Potato Lover’s Retail Display Contest has awarded more than $150,000 in cash and prizes to creative produce managers.

D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of California, Salinas, has received the Climate Change Advocate Award, recognizing the company for projects including solar power and water-saving techniques.

The Organic Trade Association has named two members of Congress — Dan Newhouse (R-Wash), and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) — as the group’s Organic Champion Award recipients.

The Packer seeks nominations from the produce industry for its annual Produce Man or Woman of the Year award, presented at the June 10-12 United Fresh Produce Association annual convention in Chicago.

The United Fresh Produce Association has named 48 new products as finalists in its 2019 Innovation Awards.

The United Fresh Produce Association has chosen the five industry members who will be recognized for their outstanding work in sharing their expertise.

The United Fresh Produce Association has chosen the chefs and foodservice professionals to be honored through the United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice Award Program.

Montreal-based wholesaler Canadawide Inc. won the CPMA’s inaugural Corporate Culture award at the recent Canadian Produce Marketing Association convention in Montreal. 

The Viva Fresh Innovation Showcase finalists feature products across the spectrum of the fresh produce industry.

MONTREAL — Ryan Goad, category director for Loblaw Cos. Ltd. in Toronto, received the 2019 Mary FitzGerald award April 4 at the CPMA convention.

CHICAGO — For me, the United Fresh show caps off a busy season of trade shows, before they pick back up in the fall. 

Kingsville, Ontario-based Red Sun Farms took home some honors for its tomatoes and cucumbers in the 11th annual Leamington Greenhouse Vegetable Awards.

Leamington, Ontario-based NatureFresh Farms’ produce got some love in the 11th annual Greenhouse Vegetable Awards with a People’s Choice award and three Kids’ Choice awards.

Kingsville, Ontario-based Mastronardi Produce recently earned seven awards for its tomatoes and peppers at the 11th annual Leamington Greenhouse Competition.

The Boston Consulting Group and Information Resources Inc. describe The Wonderful Co. as one of the growth leaders in the consumer packaged goods industry.

Eight companies received kudos for products and services on display at the Viva Fresh Expo, through the inaugural Gateway to Innovation Awards.

The Packer is calling for nominations for its annual Canadian Produce Person of the Year award, which will be presented April 26 at the CPMA’s convention banquet in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Heather Shasa, dietitian for ShopRite of Little Falls, N.J., is the winner in Produce for Kids’ National Nutrition Month in-store display contest.

Village Farms is taking its full line of Texas Grown products to display at the April 5-7 Viva Fresh Produce Expo in San Antonio.

Last week the U.S. Apple Association presented its 2018 Apples4Ed grant of $10,000 to St. Martin North Elementary in Biloxi, Miss.

With the Viva Fresh Expo April 5-7 deep in the heart of H-E-B country, picking a local favorite as the 2018 Viva Fresh Healthy Living Lifetime Achievement Award honoree only makes sense.

The Tyler Phipps Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Nixa, Mo., is again offering a $3,500 scholarship to a high school senior looking to pursue further education in the agriculture industry.

John Anderson, chairman, president and CEO of Vancouver, British Columbia-based The Oppenheimer Group, was honored among Canada’s Most Admired CEOs at a gala event March 1 in Toronto.

Scout Logistics Corp. has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for a fourth consecutive year, which makes it a Gold Standard winner for the first time.

Red Sun Farms has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for a fifth consecutive year.

Fresh Direct Produce Ltd. has been recognized among Canada’s Best Managed Companies for seven consecutive years, which puts it in the program’s Platinum Club for the first time.

The Oppenheimer Group has been recognized for the 17th consecutive year in the Canada’s Best Managed Companies program.

Mastronardi Produce Ltd. has been recognized in the Canada’s Best Managed Companies program for the ninth consecutive year, which continues its status as a Platinum Club member.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation has chosen four groups of students as finalists in its Formula 5 Student Marketing Competition.

The Vidalia Onion Committee has added R.T. Stanley to the Vidalia Onion Hall of Fame.

Time is running out to nominate a produce manager for the 2018 United Fresh Retail Produce Manager Awards Program.

SAN DIEGO — Hugh Topper has always struggled to break free from a reputation pinned on him in high school — that of being a “very nice boy.”

ORLANDO, Fla. - New York’s Melanie Wickham has been awarded the 2017 Potato Woman for All Seasons by The Packer and Farm Journal.

Food Logistics magazine included Livonia, Mich.-based CHEP on its Top 100 list of technology suppliers again this year.

Riding on consumer interest in convenience-driven produce packs and meal kits, Highline Mushrooms won the Best New Product award for its sliced organic mushroom medleys at the New York Produce Show last week.

Government officials gave several awards for innovation to Ontario agricultural companies at the annual Summit on Agri-Food in Toronto.

One lucky entrant in the 2018 Idaho Potato Commission retail display contest will win a vacation to Sun Valley, Idaho.

Eva Lauve, food safety and scheduling manager for Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers LLC, was honored for her service and expertise in food safety.

Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Albion, Maine, has been honored with two All-America Selections Committee awards for its vegetables.

Lynette Keffer, CEO and president of El Segundo, Calif.-based J&K Fresh, has been recognized for her service in the industry.

Kingsville, Ontario-based Mastronardi Produce, which markets under the Sunset brand, received the Beacon of Light Award from the Food Bank Council of Michigan.

From now through Jan. 19, the United Fresh Produce Association is accepting nominations for its 2018 Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards Program.

Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based Love Beets was honored as a 2017 Sysco’s Supplier Excellence Awards recipient.

Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., has received a number of supplier recognition awards from customers recently, including a gold-level Supplier Excellence Award in the produce category from Sysco Corp.

Co-chair for Solutions from the Land, A.G. Kawamura, is being honored with the Agriculture Future of America Leader in Agriculture Award during the organization’s award dinner Nov. 3 in Kansas City, Mo.