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With young shoppers increasingly drawn to plant-forward eating, cooking at home and ingredient transparency, Giorgio says its influencer strategy helps elevate mushrooms from a side dish to a staple.

The salad company says it will exhibit with organicgirl and Braga Fresh to display its three latest Dole Salad kits introduced in August — Dole Caprese Chopped Salad Kit, Dole Pesto Ranch Chopped Salad Kit and Dole Apple Harvest Salad Kit.

Paying homage to the company’s Southern California roots, Giumarra’s IFPA booth will feature beverages and street tacos for its Hispanic market theme.

The meals contain Sno Pac Foods spinach that had been recalled due to a potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

Crippling tariffs on the export side and increased competition from lower-priced citrus imports has some in the California citrus industry fighting to keep their farms in production.

As part of its expansion, Oppy has integrated Dole Diversified North America sales operations, creating a larger fruit portfolio.

The company was awarded the “Sustainability in the Food Industry Award” from The Shelby and Griffin Report for efforts in Honduras.

The company received the 2025 award from the FPC Fresh Awards gala ceremony held in London.

Peter died on Sept. 25, 2025 after spending his life improving his family’s farm and working to better New York apple and wider agricultural industries.

Hollay, the director of government relations for the International Fresh Produce Association, will become the National Council of Agricultural Employers’ new president and CEO as Michael Marsh retires.