California
Several California growers offer the new GEM avocado, but credit for bringing the variety to the forefront should go to Index Fresh Inc., Riverside, Calif.
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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.
Just as demand for conventional avocados continues to climb, so does demand for their organic counterparts.
About 50 growers in California’s Ojai Valley in Ventura County have begun harvest pixie tangerines.
Kyla Oberman has returned to berries, as California Giant’s director of marketing.
California cherry growers expect to harvest slightly more fruit this season than last year, assuming they don’t see a repeat of the heavy rainfall that devastated much of their fruit last May.
Anthony Johnson has joined Hronis Inc., Delano, Calif., as a domestic sales associate.
Fresh Solutions Network, supplier of Side Delights potatoes and onions, is one of many fresh produce companies promoting recent research that shows a link between more vegetables and a better state of mind.
SnackNation named Los Angeles-based Wonderful Pistachios Roasted & Salted as the Best Nut or Trail Mix of 2019 in its data-driven SnackNation Insights Awards competition.
Ippolito International, Salinas, Calif., has hired Jason Grolnick as sales/commodity manager and Jon Kiley as director of value added/business development.
A robotic strawberry harvester known as the T-6 from Advanced Farm Technologies, Davis, Calif., has received a $7.5 million boost from investors in a Series A funding round.
Big California volume was contributing to low shipping point prices and strong promotion opportunities for California strawberries in mid-May.
California’s citrus industry has a $7.12 billion economic impact, according to a study commissioned by the Citrus Research Board.
Shipments of California grapes are down about 8% from last season, but average per-pound prices for the major varieties are the same.
Glenmont, N.Y.-based New York Apple Sales Inc. will launch its new consumer brand of Yes! Apples at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Oct. 18-19 in Anaheim, Calif.
The California Table Grape Commission has downgraded July projections of the third-largest crop in history to a normal production of 109 million 19-pound boxes.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is buying $30 million of table grapes.
Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based Renaissance Food Group will feature new Chef Veggie Starters at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Oct. 18-19 in Anaheim, Calif.
Foodservice operators, including those that service restaurants and healthcare companies, are using California grapes on their menus this fall.
AgSafe, Modesto, Calif., is starting a search for a president and CEO.
Industry veteran Rick Russo has joined Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., as vice president of strategic growth and planning.
Frank Robert “Bob” Nunes, who founded The Nunes Co. in 1976 with his brother Tom, has died.
Sunkist Growers, Valencia, Calif., has hired Matt Shekoyan as vice president of strategy.
Bee Sweet Citrus, Fowler, Calif., is celebrating California’s history of family farms and the company’s Heirloom Navel program with a month-long digital campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration has released its game plan for the year on resolving repeated E. coli outbreaks from romaine lettuce
AgSafe, Modesto, Calif., has promoted Theresa Kiehn to acting president and CEO.
Driscoll’s plans to donate more than $4 million globally, with funds to health clinics and food banks, fresh berry donations and community resources in response to the worldwide pandemic.
Sakata Seed America, Morgan Hill, Calif., has acquired lettuce seed company Vanguard Seed.
Western Growers has launched an interactive website that allows the public to participate in discussions relating to leafy greens food safety and the industry to follow the process to strengthen those guidelines.