The average American is driving food sales. It used to be that chefs drove the trends in foods and creating demand for lesser-known commodities that would eventually translate into more sales in supermarkets.

H&C Food Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., is the third business to recall enoki mushrooms from South Korea because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Willie McRae, president of Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based McRae Produce, died April 2 at the age of 65.

Michael Family Farms, Urbana, Ohio, launched a website showcasing its operation and Side Delights potato products.

Kevin Murphy has joined the board of directors at Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Inc., Lowell, Ore.

The Southeast Produce Council distributed donated produce that was originally for foodservice customers to people in the Tattnall County area in Georgia.

Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., is highlighting health and nutrition aspects or artichokes with the spring Gold Standard promotion.

The demand for organic has infiltrated the sweet Vidalia onion world — a demand that’s rising incrementally year after year, growers and marketers say.

I’m a New York City foodie these days, but if I ever seem suspiciously warm or relaxed (or kooky), you’ll nod with understanding when I reveal that I grew up in Florida.