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A new packaging innovation for NatureFresh is a compostable fiber tray for its 6-count mini cucumber trays, said Ray Wowryk, business development director for the Leamington, Ontario, company.

Harold Paivarinta, senior director sales and business development for Red Sun Farms, Kingsville, Ontario, said the company “hit a home run” in the fall of 2018 with the launch of the company’s Sweetpops.

A partnership between Kingsville, Ontario-based DelFrescoPure and CubicFarms will result in an indoor automated vertical growing machine that continuously produces living lettuce, living basil and microgreens.

The employees of Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers provided holiday gifts to nearly 130 children in foster care in the Wenatchee region.

Kingsville, Ontario-based Red Sun Farms has nearly doubled its donation to the Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario compared with a year ago.

The Washington Apple Commission has two new members.

The newly formed joint sales alliance of Grand Rapids-based Michigan Fresh Marketing and BelleHarvest has added Sparta, Mich.-based Elite Apple as another supplier.

Vandervoet & Associates Inc., will have a slightly larger valencia orange deal out of Sonora, Mexico.

Grower-shippers share the latest news from their operations, plus plans for the future.

May 1 fresh apple holdings were down 13% compared with a year ago, according to the latest U.S. Apple Association market report.