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WP Produce, Miami, is reporting a strong start of the peak Dominican Republic avocado season, which it packs under the Desbry brand.

Kansas City, Kan.-based Liberty Fruit Co. is growing well beyond its Kansas City home, according to its CEO.

Smurfit Kappa worked with the National Mango board and growers, shippers and retailer to create paper-based packaging suitable for the fruit, and it will be unveiled at the PMA’s Fresh Summit.

As Thanksgiving and winter holidays approach, the National Mango Board wants consumers to know that pineapples aren’t the only fruit that pairs well with ham.

New fruit company TerraFresh Organics, Mill Valley, Calif., is starting out with citrus and mangoes under the Earth Greens Organic label.

San Miguel Produce Inc., Oxnard Calif., has hired Jennifer Osborne as director of sales.

Taylor Fresh Foods has purchased the assets of Club Chef, a Covington, Ky., fresh-cut processor owned by the Castellini Co.

The National Mango Board and the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas is set to host the annual mango industry reception during Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.

The National Mango Board has hired Michele Hoard as retail account manager for the West Coast.

Crunch Pak, which pioneered apple slices 20 years ago, is offering sliced pears to retailers under the Opera label.

The National Mango Board will host a webinar in Spanish on safety training tools to meet Food Safety Modernization Act requirements.

Vegetable “pasta” maker Cece’s Veggie Co., Austin, Texas, made Inc. Magazine’s annual list of fastest-growing private companies, with a three-year revenue growth of 23,880% to put it at No. 3.

Following an industry vote that narrowly approved frozen mangoes to be included in National Mango Board programs, the board is seeking members to represent the frozen fruit.

(UPDATED, July 24) By a narrow majority, fresh and frozen mango handlers and importers have voted in favor of an amendment to add frozen mangoes to the national research and promotion program. 

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. has created a North America New Product Development team to oversee development of Del Monte and Mann Packing products.

Crunch Pak, which pioneered sliced apple availability at retail and foodservice, is introducing sliced and diced fresh-cut pears.

Bayer has pledged to donate $30,000 to the United Fresh Start Foundation to provide salad bars to four elementary schools in the Rosedale, Calif., school district. 

After sourcing from California, Mexico and Florida for the past several months, distributors and wholesalers in Colorado finally can look to local growers for their fresh fruits and vegetables.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has rescheduled the vote on whether the National Mango Board programs should include frozen fruit.