California
Three companies teamed up to donate 500 Koru apples for a chef-tasting event that benefitted St. Joseph’s Center in Culver City, Calif.
Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., has hired Jeff Cook as chief financial officer.
Ian LeMay is the new president of the California Fresh Fruit Association, Fresno.
Coastline Family Farms, Salinas, Calif., has hired Marc Kirby as vice president of finance and accounting.
California’s 2018 strawberry season got off to a rousing start, with volume as of March 3 more than double that of last year — 7.78 million trays compared to 3.7 million trays in 2017.
A survey of California dried plum (prune) growers puts the 2018 crop at 80,000 tons, down 24% from last season’s 105,000 tons.
The California Table Grape Commission is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
With a season hampered by heat, wind and fire, California avocado growers have been challenged.
California’s Citrus Research Board has brought on Franco Bernardi as its interim president.
Tour de Fresh, presented by The California Giant Foundation, is offering sponsorships for its sixth ride in the fall of 2019, along the majestic Big Sur Highway One in California.
Ocean Mist Farms is kicking off the Coachella, Calif., season with Peace, Love & Artichokes.
A fog envelops visitors who step into one of the 30-plus growing rooms for exotics at Phillips Mushroom Farms in Kennett Square, Pa.
Judging from numbers from Nielsen Co. LLC, consumers in the western part of the U.S. are particularly fond of California avocados.
Growers in the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement will soon be sanitizing “open-source” water used on their crops, which has been the focus of at least two recent E. coli outbreaks traced to leafy greens.
Rabobank will transfer the food and agriculture loan portfolio from its California retail banking operation, Rabobank North America, to St. Louis-based Rabo AgriFinance.
The California Table Grape Commission, Fresno, has funded another round of Innovation in Teaching grants.
The Fresh Produce & Floral Council, Anaheim, Calif., has chosen the participants in the 2019 FPFC Apprentice Program.
The 25th Annual Memorial Golf Tournament honoring Paul Cappelluti and Judi Powell is April 28.
Sophia Hronis, who founded Hronis Inc. with her late husband Jim Hronis, has died.
Oakland, Calif.-based vertical farm operator Crop One Holdings won the Best Innovation in Indoor Farming Award at the 2019 Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sanctioned companies in California and Texas for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Asparagus and sweet corn company Jacobs, Malcolm & Burtt, San Ramon, Calif., has hired Donald Alford in sales.
Avocado marketer Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., has scheduled its next seminar series for avocado growers.
Big California volume was contributing to low shipping point prices and strong promotion opportunities for California strawberries in mid-May.
The California Table Grape Commission has a new health advertising campaign, telling consumers that eating “normal amounts” of grapes each day may help with long-term health.
With California’s citrus season in full swing, Bee Sweet Citrus, Fowler, Calif., is welcoming the return of satsuma mandarins.
California’s Citrus Research Board and the University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources established a $1 million endowment focused on long-term sustainability of the state’s citrus industry.
Temperatures in California’s Central Valley dipped as low as 27 degrees recently, but no damage is expected and orange growers say the cold can lead to better flavor and fruit quality.
California citrus growers saw the coldest temperatures of the season as the new year started, but preparations staved off any damage that would have occurred.
D’Arrigo Bros. of California is getting animated.