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Hitchcock Farms, Salinas, Calif., has hired Jill Lenz and Dan Holt to its sales team.

Ippolito Fruit and Produce, Burlington, Ontario, is moving into foodservice with the hiring of Jon Stewart as director of sales — foodservice.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Schiller Park, Ill.-based Sun Belle is promoting organic and biodynamic cranberries and blueberries this fall, along with a wide variety of other berry offerings.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ruled that Nicholas Allen was “responsibly connected” to a company involved in a $10 million PACA case.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Packer has named garlic giant Don Christopher the 2019 Produce Marketer for All Seasons.

Farm Pak Products Inc., Spring Hope, N.C., is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared the U.S. is free of the plum pox virus, which harms stone fruit trees like peaches, and almonds.

Joe Don Zetzsche, director of floral and BLOOMS at H-E-B, San Antonio, is the new chairman of the Produce Marketing Association board of directors.

Aptean, Alpharetta, Ga., has acquired LinkFresh, an enterprise resource planning solutions provider used by companies selling fresh produce and other foods.

Expect a wide variety of fruits and vegetables from the Guatemala Produce Trade Association at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.