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San Francisco-based Full Harvest has been named to the 2020 Fast Company World Changing Ideas list.

Andy Tudor, vice president of business development at Rainier Fruit Co., Selah, Wash., has left the company and opened a consulting agency.

Central Kitchen Foods LLC, Co Operate WNC, Pro Produce Inc, Ross Fruit LLC, and Tri-K Produce Inc., are new companies to the Market. B Catalani Inc., Fresh Life Organics, Transpacific Food Inc. and others have changes.

Growers Express, which sold its fresh commodity vegetable and fresh value-added vegetable businesses to Church Brothers Farms, is moving from its longtime headquarters in Salinas, Calif., to offices in nearby Monterey.

TerraFresh Organics, Mill Valley, Calif., has hired Lorena Garcia as director of sales and business development.

After two years of late harvest starts, the California pear crop will be on a normal schedule, with harvest starting in early July.

Black Gold Farms, Grand Forks, N.D., will start harvest of red potatoes in Texas soon.

Rouge River Farms has been Endorsed. Avoexport Co Inc., Food Connection US Corp., Kooljet Refrigeration Systems, New Era’s American Asparagus Packing LLC, and Organic World LLC are new companies to the Market & more.

With the reputation of citrus for strengthening the body’s immune system, you know that shoppers are going to be doing a double-take on grapefruit. Take advantage by adding some of these grapefruit fun facts.

California cherries are entering peak availability for Stemilt Growers.