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Fruit World, Reedley, Calif., is introducing high-graphic recyclable packaging as it enters the citrus season with increased availability of California mandarins and other citrus.
Organic aquaponic grower Superior Fresh, Northfield, Wis., has refreshed its brand and is packing in containers recycled from plastic bottles
For produce operators, the cost of doing business took on a whole new context after the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Growing sweet potatoes is a labor-intensive business
Guadalupe, Calif.-based Beachside Produce LLC is bringing full production of Brussels sprouts, celery and broccoli to the market for the holiday season.
The California Avocado Commission, Irvine, is presenting short educational session at its virtual Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit booth.
Salix Fruits has hired Shaun Swart as country manager for South Africa.
Many members and their families attended the 6th annual Joe DeLorenzo Family Apple Picking Event, hosted Oct. 3, by Eastern Produce Council at Melick’s Cider Mill & Orchard, Oldwick, N.J.
Lēf Farms, Loudon, N.H., has promoted Mariana Robles to production manager.
Growers in the Red River Valley, which straddles northwestern Minnesota and northeastern North Dakota, say growing conditions have been great this season, and they expect a good-size crop, far superior to last year’s.
Verdant Technologies, St. Paul, Minn., has hired Gordon Robertson as chief revenue and marketing officer.
Aaron Troyer, president of Troyer Brothers, Fort Myers, Fla., is the new chairman of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association.
The new director of operations at Port Everglades, Broward County, Fla., is Ricardo Charlton.
Hydroponic lettuce grower Pete’s, Carpinteria, Calif., has hired Jeff Mendelsohn as foodservice sales manager.
Matt Law is the new manager of Allen Lund Company’s Minneapolis office.
Dec. 5 is World Pear Day and Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers says its Rushing Rivers pears offer perfect promotion opportunities.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is working with produce operators to help them understand new temporary measures for U.S. romaine lettuce.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has barred four companies in three states from operating in the industry after it determined they have broken Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act rules.
Unlike any previous version, the 2020 Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit, Oct. 13-15, will be a virtual event.
With its first-ever virtual edition right around the corner, change is the operative word for the Produce Marketing Association’s 2020 Fresh Summit.
Nearly everyone consumes bananas and that makes the fruit a powerhouse category for supermarkets.
Bananas remain America’s favorite fruit, but growth is slow at the top.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act complaint of $19 million against North Pacific Canners and Packers Inc., doing business as NORPAC Foods Inc.
Kristin Yerecic, marketing director at Yerecic Label, New Kensington, Pa., is the Southeast Produce Council’s 2020 Next Generation Award recipient.
Curious about the new Just Add Chicken salad kits from Dole? Retail editor Ashley Nickle and copy editor and designer Amelia Freidline tried them out for the latest new product review in the Millennials Eat video series.
Praised by her peers as the kind of person who is relied on to get things done, Oleen Smethurst is The Packer’s 2020 Canadian Produce Person of the Year.
The Sunkist brand is pretty much synonymous with top-quality citrus, but 127-year-old Valencia, Calif.-based Sunkist Growers Inc. also is earning an exceptional reputation for its sustainability program.
Potato sales have taken a big turn toward the retail channel during the current COVID-19 pandemic, and suppliers of Idaho spuds have adapted.
National foodservice and marketing agency Advantage Waypoint represents The Fresh Group Ltd. Maglio Cos.
New York-based Rabobank has appointed Roland Fumasi to lead a group of 20 research analysts at RaboResearch’s Food and Agribusiness division in North America.