California
Berry growers and trade associations in the U.S., Mexico and South America are pledging to use 100% recycle-ready packaging for all fresh berries by 2025.
Good weather this winter should result in plentiful supplies of top-notch spring produce from California’s grower-shippers.
The California Avocado Commission, Irvine, has a new advertising campaign, transforming the letters “C” and “A” in avocados to iconic representation of what the state has to offer.
Sun World International, Palm Desert, Calif., has added three companies the list of marketers who can sell its proprietary grape varieties.
A newly-named table grape company with a group of well-known sales executives has received licenses to market Sun World International and International Fruit Genetics varieties.
Scott Horsfall, who has been the CEO of the of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement since it was established in 2007, plans to retire next March.
California Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross has penned a thank-you letter for retailers and food distributors across the country.
Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., has promoted Jeff Church to chief operations officer and Rick Russo to senior vice president of sales and marketing.
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.
After two years of late harvest starts, the California pear crop will be on a normal schedule, with harvest starting in early July.
As California’s fall persimmon season approaches, Giumarra will be asking consumers #DoYouFuyu.
Watsonville, Calif.-based A & A Organic Farms has expanded its heirloom tomato program, and has an array of additions, from Persian cucumbers to broccoli, to its product lineup.
Mill Valley, Calif.-based TerraFresh Organics, a new organic fruit company in partnership with Harbinger Group, will focus on supplying organic citrus, mangos, stone fruit and grapes in North America.
Gonzales, Calif.-based Misionero Vegetables will relaunch the Salade du Soleil salad brand, with three new salad blends: Originale, Verte and Rouge spring mixes.
MONTEREY, Calif. - The organic industry is in growth mode, and that was reflected in the 2019 Organic Produce Summit.
Seven Seas, Springfield, Ill., has hired Steve Kim as an account manager in the company’s Visalia, Calif., office.
Merritt Bruce has joined Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., as vice president of retail business development.
Gold Coast Packing teamed up with the Santa Maria Valley (Calif.) YMCA recently to teach children how to grow vegetables and turn them into center-of-the-plate dishes.
It has been a record-setting fall for the California table grape industry.
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has adopted the changes made by its Arizona counterpart in the wake of an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grown in Arizona — with one exception.
The California Fresh Fruit Association has prioritized issues for 2019, with federal immigration policies and their effects on the labor force as the leading issue.
Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., wrapped up its California avocado season with record prices on a per-carton basis.
California stone fruit companies Gerawan Farming Inc., Fresno, and Wawona Packing Co. LLC, Cutler, have merged.
Seven Seas has hired Brent Young as manager of sales in its Visalia, Calif., office.
Mandarins continue to gain popularity throughout the U.S., grower-shippers say.
Hitchcock Farms, Salinas, Calif., has hired Jill Lenz and Dan Holt to its sales team.
Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., has started harvesting the Coachella artichoke crop.
Table grape breeder Sheehan Genetics LLC, Fresno, Calif., is building a research and development facility for new varieties for growers in California and the Americas.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has scheduled a public hearing for changes to the marketing order for California walnuts.
Increased regulations and other issues have prompted San Miguel Produce to reduce Ventura County, Calif., acreage and partner with other growers across North America to ensure a year-round supply.