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After 36 years with the company, Ross Wileman is retiring from Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce.

Caesar DiCrecchio was sentenced to spend 10-plus years in prison, three years of supervised release and pay $8 million in restitution for defrauding the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market of more than $7.8 million.

Ben E. Keith Foods proudly announces its purchase of Florida Food Service, Inc.

The France-based Bonduelle Group said in a news release that its mission is to “inspire the transition” toward a plant-based diet.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are accepting nominations for the Agricultural-Environmental Leadership Award.

Industry opinion is split on whether third-party certification of a company’s social responsibility commitment is necessary to achieve meaningful results.

Nogales, Ariz.-based Divine Flavor has said their new Jalisco grape operation at Grupo Alta- Don Mario has become the latest ranch within the company to become Fair Trade Certified.

Vowing to reduce plastic use dramatically by 2025, Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce, Inc. has published its inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, titled “Finest for the Future.”

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based C.H. Robinson is offering technology and data to help any company in the supply chain reduce its carbon footprint.

Hansport, Nova Scotia-based CKF, Inc. has added to its roster of independently assigned environmental labels.