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Watsonville, Calif.-based A & A Organic Farms has expanded its heirloom tomato program, and has an array of additions, from Persian cucumbers to broccoli, to its product lineup.
Private equity firm Blue Road Capital has purchased Fellsmere, Fla.-based B&W Quality Growers LLC.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods, through its Dandy brand, is partnering with Good Foods for the Good & Dandy Sweepstakes, giving consumers the chance to win a Weber grill and other prizes.
Mill Valley, Calif.-based TerraFresh Organics, a new organic fruit company in partnership with Harbinger Group, will focus on supplying organic citrus, mangos, stone fruit and grapes in North America.
Albas Citrus, Colorado Fast Food Products LLC and Fresh By Nature Inc. are new companies to the Market. Sweet Seasons LLC has been Endorsed. Marjaba Import & Export Corp and Mastronardi Produce/SUNSET® have updates.
Vidalia onion grower-shipper G&R Farms, through its Growing America’s Farmers program, is supporting agriculture education with a promotion at Chicago Jewel-Osco stores.
“I need to write an order.” To the clerks that hear this from their produce manager, it can sound so easy, so simple.
Can you believe that the government is taking public comments on the border wall?
One week remains before the application window for the $3 million Grow-NY business competition closes July 15.
Arredondo, D VA Produce, Gallardo Produce, JL&A Produce Inc., Langarcia are new companies to the Market. A & B Tropical Produce LLC has been Endorsed. Affiliated Foods Inc and Sanchez Farms have updates.
The Oppenheimer Group’s OriginO organic line, featuring tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, will be showcased at the Organic Produce Summit.
Gonzales, Calif.-based Misionero Vegetables will relaunch the Salade du Soleil salad brand, with three new salad blends: Originale, Verte and Rouge spring mixes.
Fresh Express has teamed up with parent company Chiquita for a new line of snacking products called Chiquita Bites and Chiquita Sticks.
MONTREAL — The Packer’s Northeast editor, Amy Sowder, stopped by the Quebec Produce Marketing Association’s offices to meet CEO Sophie Perreault and her staff — and learn about the coming conference in Quebec City.
Don Odiorne was honored with the first Champion Award from the Annapolis, Md.-based Center for the Advancement of Foodservice Education for his help connecting the foodservice industry to culinary educators.
The United Fresh Produce Association has a series of web seminars to prepare for the Washington Conference.
Rich Dachman, former vice president of produce for Sysco Corp., is now the CEO of the nonprofit Brighter Bites.
MONTEREY, Calif. - The organic industry is in growth mode, and that was reflected in the 2019 Organic Produce Summit.
Spring Creek Produce LLC, Greenfield, Tenn., has satisfied a reparation order issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
MONTEREY, Calif. - There is massive opportunity to expand the global supply and demand of organic produce, panelists said at the Organic Produce Summit on July 11.
Seven Seas, Springfield, Ill., has hired Steve Kim as an account manager in the company’s Visalia, Calif., office.
Lori Taylor, owner and founder of The Produce Moms, was the featured speaker at a recent Dallas Fresh Food Association meeting.
Jim Gulick, former vice president of logistics-North America for Del Monte Fresh Produce, died on June 30.
(UPDATED, 11:38 a.m.)Taking a step to deliver on a 2018 promise, a proposed rule from the Trump administration seeks to update the way wage rates are determined for the H-2A agricultural guest worker program.
Brighthouse Organics, San Antonio, a greenhouse vegetable brand launched in 2017, has more than doubled the number of items it offers.
Applewood Fresh Growers, Sparta, Mich., expects production increases for several apple varieties and has added equipment to meet those needs.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling Eat Smart brand Sweet Kale bagged salad kits from six provinces due to possible Listeria monocytogenes.
Rachel Johnson of Austin, Texas, created a $25,000 burger — using a patty of minced mushrooms and pork.
Merritt Bruce has joined Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., as vice president of retail business development.
Cranberry growers have voted to continue their federal marketing order program.