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New Day Farms, Swanson’s Foods Inc, and Willy’s Supervalu are new companies to the Market. McPeak Orchards, Moxxy Marketing, South Tex Organics LLC, Vine Line Produce Distribution and others have changes.

The Irvine-based California Avocado Commission has come up with a new advertising campaign to call attention to California avocados this season and help move more of them, said Jan DeLyser, vice president of marketing.

The Hass Avocado Board has invested in a nutrition program that has helped health professionals and consumers understand how avocados are beneficial to their health.

The Oppenheimer Group will be expanding the Ocean Spray brand to grapes, starting with Mexican grapes in May.

UPDATED: Foodservice distributor Sid Wainer & Son, New Bedford, Mass., opened a pop-up store to help residents access fresh fruits and vegetables.

About 50 growers in California’s Ojai Valley in Ventura County have begun harvest pixie tangerines.

Fresh trends data and research on a variety of pineapple purchase demographics, such as; region, ethnicity, household size and income.

Farm Journal, the parent company of The Packer, will host leaders from the produce industry and other segments of agriculture at an online event, the Farm Country Forum, on April 16.

Homegrown Organic Farms, Porterville, Calif., has rebranded, with a new logo and packaging design.

The average American is driving food sales. It used to be that chefs drove the trends in foods and creating demand for lesser-known commodities that would eventually translate into more sales in supermarkets.