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Valley Fruit & Produce hired Bill Slattery to the sales team of its Valley Fresh Produce Division.

Monterey Mushroooms is in the process of restructuring its sales and marketing division, hiring a new sales manager and establishing an internship program.

Vida Fresh Inc., Morro Bay, Calif., added three staff to its sales department: Alex Duvall, Leslie Mascorro and David Wood.

Earl's Organic Produce hired Drew Knobel, most recently of GreenLeaf San Francisco, into a new position as the director of sales and marketing.

The Tampa, Fla.-based IFCO Systems has supported charitable causes including Feeding America and other food banks.

Key Technology, Walla Walla, Wash., has promoted Bert Switten from digital sorting sales support manager for North America to area sales manager for central and northern California.

Mann Packing Co. recently hired Greg Komar as director of food safety and product quality.

Produce supply-chain management company PRO*ACT recently hired Kristie Waters as a third vice president of client development, a newly created position.

Kansas City, Mo.-based Fairbanks Scales, Inc. has introduced a new generation of the FB6000 weighing instrument.

Food and lifestyle expert Chadwick Boyd has teamed up with Lori Taylor's The Produce Mom to provide recipe development and photography service to produce brands and their marketing teams.

Fresh fruit and vegetable importer CarbAmerica added Troy Mesa to its in-house sales staff.

Retail produce executives and others are sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod as the New England Produce Council's yearly produce show moves to a larger venue in the land of sand dunes and salty air.

Supply chain solutions provider Linkfresh Inc. announced two new hires in the business development area.

McLane Co. Inc. has introduced a suite of store-level management applications for mobile devices.

To welcome children and their parents back to school, Produce for Kids plans to host an Aug. 17 Twitter party.

Produce Alliance LLC is working with one of its members to help victims of massive Gulf Coast flooding.

This year's trade show at the New England Produce Council's Produce and Floral Expo promises participants marketing and networking opportunities and the chance to view new products.

Lef Farms Corp., a baby greens growing facility for the Northeast, hired Donald Grandmaison as sales and marketing manager.

All Fresh GPS hired Nick Mascari as its new vice president of sales.

4Earth Farms hired Rusbelina Silva as its director of quality and food safety.

Salinas, Calif.-based Growers Express has acquired Curran Co., Saco, Maine.

John Carkoski of Maglio Minnesota was accepted into the 2016-17 United Fresh Produce Industry Leadership Program Leadership Class 22.

GROW by Organics Unlimited has teamed up with Produce for Kids for the latter's August and September Power Your Lunchbox campaign.

MONTEREY, Calif. - Salinas Valley grower-shippers pitched in at a farmers market to help victims of the Soberanes fire burning north of Big Sur.

Arguably the most important resource category on a cattle operation is human capital – a fancy term for the people involved in the operation.