Marketing and public relations and well-executed retail displays helped drive sales and shopper engagement, the brand says.

The company says the facility features the latest quality assurance and food safety technology, including precision temperature management and automated grading and sorting systems, designed to maintain fruit integrity and promote the long-lasting quality of avocados from Guatemala.

Drew Lerner, founder of World Weather, Inc., says the summer of 1968 had some strong patterns, including a wetter bias in the western and north-central U.S., but drier in most of the Atlantic Coast states and parts of the eastern and southern Midwest.

Unispice calls the new technology “a game changer” for shipping green beans around the world.

Through backyard and community gardens, the Portland, Ore., nonprofit promotes sustainable food practices, environmental stewardship and local self-reliance.

IFPA said it urges practical, science-based standards in comments to National Organic Standards Board.