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Americold Realty Trust, which owns and operates temperature-controlled facilities and infrastructure, has acquired PortFresh Holdings, which serves the fresh produce industry primarily through the Port of Savannah, Ga.
The New England Produce Council and the Organic Produce Network is sponsoring an organic produce conference.
Ambrosia Gold. Kiku. Kanzi. Smitten. Jazz. Envy. Pacific Rose.
Crawford Packaging, London, Ontario, has hired Carey Berdock to lead its food processing division.
Jeff Pennington has joined Billerica, Mass.-based JOH as an account manager in the Great Lakes division.
A court decision could come as soon as early February on a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Labor’s 2019 wage rates for foreign agricultural guest workers.
Norfolk, Va.-based Military Produce Group LLC, has been awarded a 24-month contract with the Defense Commissary Agency to supply fresh produce to commissaries in the Eastern U.S.
Elgin, Minn.-based Honeybear Brands expects the first shipments of its 2019 Chilean Honeycrisp apples to arrive on U.S. retailer shelves no later than April 15.
Hydroponic herb and leafy greens grower Great Lakes Growers is delivering directly to customers in Ohio, with plans to expand the program later this year.
The Wonderful Co., whose products include Wonderful Pistachios, Halos mandarins and other citrus and POM Wonderful products, pledges to use 100% renewable electricity at its operations by 2025.
Berry grower Wish Farms, Plant City, Fla., is the official grower sponsor of the 2019 Florida Blueberry Festival this week.
Two leading personalities shaping U.S. food culture will share top billing at Produce Marketing Association’s Foodservice Conference & Expo.
Long-time East Coast tomato industry operator Batista Madonia, 81, has died.
The Produce for Better Health Foundation has recruited a collection of digital and social media influencers to create content for the group over the next year.
Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., has hired Anna Bilderbach as learning and development manager in the human resources department.
The U.S. Department has named two administrators of the Fair Trade Practices Program, which oversees the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and country-of-origin labeling.
Maglio Cos., Milwaukee, Wis., has introduced new options for its Readyripe watermelon pouch.
Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., is launching Reach for the Gold, its spring artichoke campaign.
Melon grower and importer Sol Group, Pompano Beach Fla., will be shipping honeydews and cantaloupes this summer, and a full line of Kiss brand melons.
Maintaining consumer trust as the organic category grows will be a pivotal discussion at the Organic Trade Association’s annual conference.
Growers in the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement will soon be sanitizing “open-source” water used on their crops, which has been the focus of at least two recent E. coli outbreaks traced to leafy greens.
Pure Hothouse Foods, Leamington, Ontario, is adding organic greenhouse growers for its Pure Flavor brand and launching a culinary line.
Pure Hothouse Foods, Leamington, Ontario, is adding organic greenhouse growers for its Pure Flavor brand and launching a culinary line.
Rabobank will transfer the food and agriculture loan portfolio from its California retail banking operation, Rabobank North America, to St. Louis-based Rabo AgriFinance.
Organizers of the 94th annual Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show, kicking off April 2 in Montreal, Quebec, released key numbers of the coming show.
Miami-based WP Produce is shipping Desbry brand avocados in a box it designed to lengthen the fruit’s shelf life.
Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., has hired Darcie Floyd as director of employee benefits in the group’s Insurance Services department.
After successful tours the past two seasons, Envy apples’ 2019 Roadshow is an expanded three-month outreach program that asks consumers to “break away from the everyday.”
A Jazz apple promotion with Jeep for a giveaway of a 2019 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon and outdoor-themed prizes has received about 300,000 entries.
A slight surplus of trucks was noted in late March in central and south Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.