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Bailey Farms, Oxford, N.C., is expanding acreage of its DulceFina peppers in response to consumer demand.
Registration is open for the Center for Produce Safety’s 2019 Research Symposium.
Brambles Ltd., the parent company of reusable plastic container firm IFCO Systems, is selling the RPC maker/pooler to Triton and a government investment group in the United Arab Emirates for $2.51 billion.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers will no longer use anti-ripening agents on pears, saying they compromise optimum flavor.
Michael Robach has joined Clear Labs’ board of directors.
Eco Farms has promoted Emily Noble to marketing manager and sales associate.
Proprietary Variety Management (PVM) and affiliates Brandt’s Fruit Trees and Pink Lady America, have a revamped website.
Homegrown Organic Farms, Porterville, Calif., has hired Parker Anderson as sales category manager.
Food safety web seminars that were delayed by the government shutdown have been rescheduled.
Fresh-Link Produce LLC has hired Randy Bolhuis to open an office in Hamilton, Mich., where he will be the sales agent for Sandy View Farms.
Jim Cranney has been elected chairman of the Minor Crop Farmer Alliance.
PennRose Farms, Wimauma, Fla., a grower-owned company that has a network of growers in the U.S. and Mexico, is expanding its geographic footprint.
California Giant, Watsonville, Calif., has hired Helena Beckett as retail sales account manager.
Concord Foods, whose line of produce companion foods are often displayed in the fresh produce department, has a new chocolate dip snack under the Simply Concord brand.
Tasteful Selections’ Small Bite Campaign’s new theme is happiness.
Public comments on updated drafts of tomato metrics for food safety are due to the United Fresh Produce Association by May 3.
Carpinteria, Calif.-based Pete’s (also known as Hollandia Produce) has promoted Baltazar Garcia to as the company’s director of sales.
Rexburg, Idaho-based Floyd Wilcox & Sons Inc. (dba Wilcox Fresh) has named Justin Reynolds as the company’s new CEO.
The Viva Fresh Innovation Showcase finalists feature products across the spectrum of the fresh produce industry.
As the Mexican grape season begins, importers will be seeing an expected 22-million carton crop this season, a one-third increase from last season.
Taylor Farms, Salinas, Calif., has purchased Earthbound Farm from France-based Danone SA.
Baldor Specialty Foods, Bronx, N.Y., is expanding the Urban Roots Veggie Side Kits line.
A celebration of life for Leonard Pike, known as the father of the Texas 1015 Supersweet Onion, will be April 13 in Bryan, Texas.
BC Tree Fruits Cooperative, Kelowna, British Columbia, has appointed Todd McMyn as CEO and Ross Dwhytie as chief financial officer.
Terra Exports, Las Vegas, has hired Manuel Escandon, who is based in Chile, as part of its South American expansion.
The Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration are working together to reduce food waste.
Federal health agencies are investigating a Salmonella Carrau outbreak involving 93 people, linked to fresh-cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon from Caito Foods, Indianapolis.
Jason Donaldson, the operations manager for the Americas for Zespri, has died.
Applewood Fresh Growers LLC, Sparta, Mich., will be marketing fresh asparagus this spring.