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Bronx, N.Y.-based Baldor Specialty Foods expanded its Urban Roots retail line with three ready-to-eat, plant-based, healthy snacks — for adults, but children can eat them too, if they want.

Mann Packing Co., Inc. is excited to today announce the addition of three new products – MANN™ Veggie Sides, Steakhouse Style and Better Pasta.

The cherry crop for Orondo, Wash.-based Auvil Fruit will be similar but possibly a little larger than a year ago, said Ray Norwood, director of sales and marketing for the company.

Mondi has partnered with SILBO, a Polish leading producer of compostable packaging, to create a paper-based high-strength packaging for the Irish farm potato business Meade Farm Group.

Graphic Packaging launched its ProducePack™ Punnet, an innovative paperboard alternative to plastic punnet trays for fresh fruit and vegetables.

Smurfit Kappa’s innovative three litre Bag-in-Box packaging design has received Amazon’s “Frustration-Free Packaging” (FFP) certification.

One way to keep up with the trends is to take note of the new products featured at conferences.

Imagine a world where perfectly ripe avocados are no longer the unicorn, but the new standard.

Hailey, Idaho-based ProSource Produce, a shipper of fresh potatoes and onions, has introduced new Idaho russet packaging as part of an overall company growth and development strategy.

Glennville, Ga.-based G&R Farms has redesigned its Vidalia onion bag, box and bin packaging as part of the company’s new brand image.

Miami-based Del Monte Fresh Produce North America Inc is relaunching its MAG.nificent melon, which is supposed to take the guesswork out of purchasing cantaloupes.

The loss of confidence in romaine lettuce after multiple food safety recalls encouraged baby leaf and head lettuce greenhouse grower Revol Greens, Owatonna, Minn., to add a chopped romaine program.

Tarrytown, N.Y.-based fresh fruit importer Jac. Vandenberg Inc. has announced that its Sunrays brand of grapes will now be available year-round, thanks to the addition of California growers to its lineup.

Bushel Boy is excited to announce the opening of our new Iowa greenhouse farm, where we grow brilliantly red and absolutely perfect sweet beefsteak and vine-on tomatoes.

Flavorful Brands, exclusive marketers of Tasti-Lee Tomatoes and Goldies Onions in the U.S. and Canada, announced the completion of a Series A $5 million capital raise with strategic investor House Foods Group Inc.

T&G’s innovative JAZZ apple campaigns are making the brand a top-10 category performer in North America, while delighting consumers with healthy snacks and meals.

While fans begin gearing up to watch the biggest game in football, the makers of WHOLLY GUACAMOLE are preparing for an equally busy season: helping prevent injuries related to a favorite Sunday football snack.

Genuine Coconut has launched three products in North America.

As Oppy continues to look for increased efficiencies and powerful partnerships across its operations, the leading grower has brought together two top cherry brands, Katicich Ranch and Brookside, to form Katco Packing. 

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc., Coral Gables, Fla., is relaunching its Homestyle Guacamole in four unique flavors.

Chiquita is continuing its mission of highlighting the fun side of healthy living in the new year by launching a limited-edition Sticker Series focused on the benefits of Chiquita bananas.

Organics Unlimited, the San Diego-based grower and distributor of organic tropical fruit, now offers Fair Trade Certified™ label organic bananas for its customers. 

 Morning Kiss Organic and DiSilva Fruit, part of the Arrowfarms family of companies, are shipping a variety of produce in time for Chinese New Year's celebrations.

Side Delights shared the results from its New Year’s Instagram poll, not surprisingly leading with healthy lifestyle choices. 

Onion grower-shipper G&R Farms, Glennville, Ga., has a new user-friendly website that showcases the company’s history, including its role in introducing Vidalia onions.

To identify and prepare the next generation of Western Growers members for positions of leadership within the Western fresh produce industry, WG has inaugurated the sixth class of the Future Volunteer Leaders Program.

New York-based Bowery Farming has unveiled a line of rotating, small-batch greens in its Farmer’s Selection line.

For nearly 100 years, the Marchini family has been farming in the Central Valley of California.

The smells of Christmas: gingerbread, peppermint, pine needles … tropical fruit?

FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., is offering a new vegetarian taco salad with Beyond Meat protein, and the company has plans for more products with the plant-based protein.

Hydroponic living lettuce grower Pete’s, Carpinteria, Calif., is launching Greenhouse Fresh, a line of packaged salads that highlights sustainability practices at the company.

Good Foods has rebranded its dairy dip line, and added Spinach Artichoke Parmesan.

Spice World, Orlando, Fla., has a new line of global-inspired cooking and seasoning blends, Global Flavors.

Pure Flavor, Leamington, Ontario, has launched Live Deliciously Magazine, which features full-page photos of recipes with diverse flavors.

California’s citrus domestic season is in full-swing and the Bee Sweet Citrus team is encouraging consumers to set their sight on specialty citrus varieties.

As consumers continue to look for functional benefits in their food and beverage choices, POM Wonderful, the leader in fresh pomegranates, is seeing record demand during the 2020 California season. 

Del Monte Fresh Produce announced the expansion of its exclusive and luxurious Pinkglow™ Pineapple to select retailers in limited markets throughout the United States.

Village Farms has introduced Sensational Sara, a tomato variety it describes as having a stunning deep red color inside and out with a perfect balance of sugar to acid ratio.

Dole Fresh Vegetables has added three salads to its FreshTakes Bowl Salads line.

Side Delights announced the launch of their new store locator function on the Grown Where it Matters website. 

Ark Foods has set out to challenge what grocery shoppers think when they hear "bell peppers."

Good Foods, a category leader of plant based dips and good-for-you products, is promoting guacamole this holiday with in-store discounts and new recipes and serving inspiration for shoppers to celebrate the season. 

Alpine Fresh, Miami, is offering purple Brussels sprouts.

With all the changes and challenges this year has brought to the foodservice industry, many operators are assessing how to reconfigure their restaurants to better facilitate curbside pickup and other options.

Fresh produce packaging specialists StePac L.A., Ltd. has been acquired by Nili Capital Partners, an Israeli private equity fund. 

For the first time, a white strawberry that smells a bit like a pineapple will go to market in the U.S.

As imported table-grape season begins, Tarrytown, N.Y.-based Jac. Vandenberg is introducing its Sunrays branded grapes, which arrived in Philadelphia from Peru Thanksgiving weekend.

Shenandoah Growers, Harrisonburg, Va., has recalled about 15,000 units of organic basil in select packages, due to a possible health risk from cyclospora. 

San Antonio-based NatureSweet has launched its NatureSweet Dulce Italiano Sweet Peppers.

Ready-to-eat beet brand, Love Beets USA, celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month.