The Packer
The Packer’s Tom Karst spoke Sept. 30 with Don Goodwin, founder of GoldenSun Insights about the firm’s transition to new owners Jason Fuller and Randy Riley and the extent of his continuing role with the company.
Vanguard International USA Inc., Issaquah, Wash., will be starting its Peruvian grape program soon.
IFCO and Ecolab have created a validated regimen for cleaning and sanitizing reusable plastic containers to prevent cross contamination.
Kingsville, Ontario-based Red Sun Farms is lighting up its greenhouses in Ontario to produce year-round in Canada.
Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Awe Sum Organics is planning another strong season of organic grapes from Peru.
Amado, Ariz.-based Wholesum is introducing top-seal packaging for its organic tomatoes-on-the-vine.
A new waste reduction tool is available to members of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association.
Get ready for a new-look Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit.
Compared with year-ago levels, retail organic apple sales were up 30% in dollars and organic pear volume soared 29% in August.
Pleasant Prairie, Wis.-based Good Foods is launching its Queso, Buffalo and Tzatziki dips in single-serve sizes.
Bayer’s Crop Science Division’s Future of Farming Dialogue has changed from an in-person event to a virtual series.
Several web seminars focus on traceability in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed traceability rules.
Growers Express LLC, Monterey, Calif., has promoted Kirk Wagner to chief operating officer.
Re Fresh, Salinas, Calif., which launched in August, has added a slate of seven professionals to its staff in business development and other roles.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers and its local healthcare provider are celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Stemilt Family Clinic.
The end of the comment period for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed rule to cut down on organic fraud is approaching.
Port Manatee, Palmetto, Fla., has earned recertification for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program.
Leonardo Tarriba, CEO of Farmer’s Best International, is the new chairman of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, Nogales, Ariz.
Hans Eben is the new CEO of Agricom Ltda., a Santiago, Chile-based wholly owned subsidiary of Westfalia Fruit Co.
The Organic Trade Association is advocating for more federal support of organic production as a means to mitigate climate change.
The Packer’s Editor Tom Karst spoke with Driscoll’s president Soren Bjorn about the issue of seasonal trade protection for U.S. blueberry growers.
Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, is establishing a distribution center in Surrey, British Colombia, to serve western U.S. and Canada.
Potatoes continue to see elevated sales at retail during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as some restrictions have been relaxed over the summer.
D’Arrigo Bros. of California, which has donated more than $2 million to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, is again featuring its pink-themed packaging for the Andy Boy brand during October..
Proposed regulations that would impose testing requirements on Canadian imports of romaine lettuce from California’s Salinas Valley are raising concerns for growers, buyers and industry associations.
Traverse City, Mich.-based North Bay Produce highlighted new branding and updated graphics on its packaging at the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit.
Packaging supplier Sev-Rend, Collinsville, Ill., highlighted its new Bio-Able Solutions line of products at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Expo.