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Fruit World Co., Reedley, Calif., will have a full lineup of citrus in promotable volumes this season.
The Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo was a boon to Anaheim, Calif.-area feeding programs with 228,400 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables going to Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.
Monica Arnett has been promoted to vice president of finance and administration for the California Avocado Commission, Irvine, Calif.
Progressive Produce, Los Angeles, has hired Christine Toy as sales manager and Seth Tillery as sales and grower relations manager.
Braga Fresh Family Farms, Soledad, Calif., has purchased a processing facility from Pure Pacific Organics LLC, Gonzales, Calif.
Going against a recommendation from the California desert grape growers, the USDA has withdrawn a proposal to remove varietal exemptions from the desert grape marketing order.
The Fresno, Calif.-based California Fresh Fruit Association has hired Caroline Stringer as its director of trade. Stringer’s first day will be Jan. 6, according to a news release.
State and federal agencies have expanded California’s huanglongbing quarantined area after detections of the citrus disease.
Bobalu Berries, Oxnard, Calif., has hired Tom O’Brien as sales account manager.
Dennis “Denny” Donovan, who spent almost three decades of his career at the Garin Co., Salinas, has died.
NEW YORK — The Bolthouse Farms gang is back together, and they’re pumping out new product lines that embody the new company mission: Plants powering people.
The California Fresh Fruit Association, Fresno, has hired Adam Borchard as director of government and public policy.
The California Fresh Fruit Association, Fresno, has postponed its 84th annual meeting to November because of the increase in coronavirus COVID-19 cases.
Inspections of California and Arizona leafy greens, as outlined in the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements for those crops, continue despite the spread of COVID-19.
The West Coast Produce Expo and the Sustainable Produce Summit, presented by The Packer and Farm Journal, are being postponed until August due to concerns about the coronavirus COVID-19.
D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of California, Salinas, is postponing the 61st annual Broccoli Rabe Feed because of concerns about the coronavirus COVID-19.
California summer fruit grower-shippers traditionally credit weather with having a say in what kind of season they’ll have.
Fresh fruit sales were up about 9% for the four-week period, while fresh vegetable sales were up 25%.
California is taking its fight against global warming to the farm. The nation’s leading agricultural state is now targeting greenhouse gases produced by dairy cows and other livestock.
Del Rey Avocado, Fallbrook, Calif., has hired Brent Portell as operations manager as the company opens a new facility in Vista, Calif.
John G. Giumarra Jr., whose legal expertise helped guide not only the family business, but aided in greater grape exports for the overall California grape industry, has died.
Tasteful Selections selected “adventure in a small bite” as the next theme of its Small-Bite campaign for the Arvin, Calif.-based company’s bite-sized potatoes.
The 2019 California Food Expo agenda is now available, featuring retail and foodservice trends, transparency and sustainability, navigating the digital space and food brand pioneers.
California’s Citrus & Pest Disease Prevention Committee, a grower-funded initiative, has endorsed a set of best practices for growers in response to the threat of huanglongbing (HLB).
River Fresh Farms, Salinas, Calif., has hired David Martinez as senior vice president of business development.
A group that has been critical of Trump administration tariffs, and counter-tariffs from China on U.S. exports, is sponsoring an event looking at how they affect California exports.
California citrus growers have fared relatively well this season despite lower volumes.
Though the H-2A guest worker program has helped soften the crisis, farm labor remains a top issues for Santa Maria growers.
Salinas, Calif.-based D’Arrigo Bros. of California signed a new contract with the United Farm Workers union that will cover more than 1,500 farm workers, according to a news release.
Sure, Windsor Castle in England is a nice spot for a royal wedding, but the California Avocado Commission has a better idea.