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Philadelphia-based AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. has announced the launch of VitaFresh Botanicals Life Select, an organic plant-based coating to keep produce fresh longer and reduce food loss and waste.

MONTEREY, Calif. — Apple Nachos, a new product from Stockton, Calif.-based Fresh Innovations California LLC, incorporates versions with caramel, pretzel bits, fresh apple slices, peanut butter and chocolate.

Houston-based Brighter Bites raised more than $56,000 in a fundraising event at the International Fresh Produce Association Foodservice Conference held in Monterey, Calif.

MONTEREY, Calif. — Glendale, Wis.-based Maglio Companies was featuring its Mango Cheeks and Pineapple Spears at the International Fresh Produce Association Foodservice Conference Expo on July 29.

Wada Farms Marketing Group is growing its specialty potato program, including red potatoes, yellow potatoes and fingerling potatoes, says Kevin Stanger, president of the Idaho Falls, Idaho-based company.

A member of Fresh Solutions Network, the company has formed the Lykens Valley Grain Company through its acquisition of the Upper Dauphin Grain Center from Perdue Agribusiness.

Robertson Produce of Mississippi LLC, Clinton, Miss., has been awarded a maximum $44.8 million contract to supply fresh fruit and vegetables.

While higher retail prices of organic fresh produce during the second quarter of 2022 led to a 3.7% increase in total organic dollars, it also contributed to a decline in organic volume of 2.8%, finds a new report.

MONTEREY, Calif. — Mastronardi Produce was highlighting its large range of products at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Foodservice Conference on July 29.