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Juana Gomez has been promoted at Monterey Mushrooms, Watsonville, Calif., to chief people and culture officer, a new position at the company.

Check out the recent kale news on The Packer and Produce Marketing Guide!

Increasing automation, using bio-based materials and stepping up recycling education efforts are a few ways suppliers have responded to sustainable packaging demands during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Greencastle, Pa.-based Keystone Fruit Marketing Inc. is looking to step into large volumes of rosé red Walla Walla sweet onions this season, said Dan Borer, general manager of Keystone’s Walla Walla, Wash., office.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on three businesses, pulling their Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act licenses, for violating the PACA.

Acosta Inc., Jacksonville, Fla., has posted a $100,000 surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Oxnard, Calif.-based Bobalu Berries plans to launch a new website — bobaluberries.com — in early August, said Cindy Jewell, who handles marketing for the company.

Chicago-based Hazel Technologies has partnered with New Zealand rural supplies cooperative Farmlands to provide Hazel Trex technology to kiwifruit growers.

Ample supplies of good-quality blueberries still are available from U.S. growers, and raspberries and blackberries are in good supply as well.

Root 24 Farms, a new grower-owned organic blueberry company based in Moxee, Wash., is finishing up its first harvest and already has plans to expand, said Tim Youmans, executive vice president of sales.