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The Equitable Food Initiative is using National Safety Month to underscore ways to engage the 2.6 million U.S.-based farmworkers in strategies to increase safety, drive efficiencies and boost retention and recruitment.
The brand is currently offering organic mini watermelons, organic cantaloupe and organic honeydew melons from Mexico and California to its East Coast customers.
Along with Mountain View Fruit Sales expanding its table grape portfolio, owner Mike Thurlow is projecting 2023 to be a vintage grape season.
The produce veteran is bringing fresh produce and sales experience from Costco, Amazon and Bonduelle Fresh Americas to her new role leading sales at the California-based leafy greens grower.
Twenty-eight percent of consumers polled in Fresh Trends 2023 said they purchased cantaloupes in the past year.
The countdown is on for Organic Produce Summit 2023, which organizers say is on track to be the largest in the event’s history and is slated to include several new additions to the two-day gathering.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Westfalia Fruit has started its Peruvian avocado season, with supply available now through mid-September.
Seven interns graduated June 6 from the program, which helps young people with disabilities gain real-life work experiences and receive additional support to help them successfully transition to a productive adult life.
Chilean mandarins are now available from Fowler, Calif.-based Bee Sweet Citrus.
Thirty-seven percent of consumers polled in The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 survey said they purchased fresh celery in the past year.