The World Food Prize Foundation selected Barchenger for the 2025 Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application for his work in pepper breeding that “will be felt for generations.”

In this week’s Fresh Produce Fridays, branding expert Jean Pierre Lacroix shares three ways grocers can use emotional design, storytelling and nostalgia to create instant connections with shoppers and boost sales.

The latest impact report gives an update on the ready-to-eat salad company’s sustainability, innovation, resource management and social responsibility efforts.

Nominators recognized the marketing executive’s critical role in rallying the apple industry together to build a campaign that aims to grow domestic apple consumption.

Growers in the state continue to convert acres to organic to meet demand and debut a new variety this season, too.

Babylon Micro-Farms, which recently made the Inc. 5000 list, is growing fast by focusing on education, corporate dining, hospitality and health care. Oshima spoke with The Packer about turnkey solutions, hyperlocal produce, customer experience and more.