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Caitie Bowers and Tanner Buchanan are the recipients of the 2020 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship.
Natalia Cervantes joins Potatoes USA as conversation architect.
The Roseville, Calif.-based California Prune Board has elected George Sousa Jr. of Mariana Packing Co. as its chairman for the 2020-22 term.
Salinas, Calif.-based Moxxy Marketing’s work on a new website for Valley Farm Management has been recognized by Graphic Design USA with a 2020 American Web Design Award.
The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association has announced Class 10 of its Emerging Leader Development Program.
Salix Fruits has hired Shaun Swart as country manager for South Africa.
Many members and their families attended the 6th annual Joe DeLorenzo Family Apple Picking Event, hosted Oct. 3, by Eastern Produce Council at Melick’s Cider Mill & Orchard, Oldwick, N.J.
Lēf Farms, Loudon, N.H., has promoted Mariana Robles to production manager.
Verdant Technologies, St. Paul, Minn., has hired Gordon Robertson as chief revenue and marketing officer.
Aaron Troyer, president of Troyer Brothers, Fort Myers, Fla., is the new chairman of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association.
The new director of operations at Port Everglades, Broward County, Fla., is Ricardo Charlton.
Hydroponic lettuce grower Pete’s, Carpinteria, Calif., has hired Jeff Mendelsohn as foodservice sales manager.
Matt Law is the new manager of Allen Lund Company’s Minneapolis office.
Kristin Yerecic, marketing director at Yerecic Label, New Kensington, Pa., is the Southeast Produce Council’s 2020 Next Generation Award recipient.
Praised by her peers as the kind of person who is relied on to get things done, Oleen Smethurst is The Packer’s 2020 Canadian Produce Person of the Year.
New York-based Rabobank has appointed Roland Fumasi to lead a group of 20 research analysts at RaboResearch’s Food and Agribusiness division in North America.
The lure of the produce business was irresistible, because it provided Paul Ramson with a chance to solve problems for a global market.
Asparagus breeder and seed company Walker Brothers Inc., Pittsgrove, N.J., recently added Pedro Cisneros Zevallos in Peru.
Two groups that represent the U.S. blueberry industry have hired a vice president of marketing and communications and financial controller, which are new positions.
The Produce Marketing Association is adding six new members to its board of directors.
Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., has promoted John Dmytriw to vice president of business development.
Franz De Klotz has joined the sales staff at Peter Rabbit Farms, Coachella, Calif.
Get a rundown of the news of the week from Tom Karst, Chris Koger, Ashley Nickle and Amy Sowder on topics from Trevor Suslow leaving PMA to Oleen Smethurst receiving the Canadian Produce Person of the Year Award.
Tony Alameda, co-owner of Top Flavor Farms, is the new chairman of the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California.
The classic combination of strawberries and cream seems to work for Wyard Stomp, since he has a track record for building demand for both components.
Thanks to a green puppy named Pistachio, every resident of an Italian town is receiving a bag of Wonderful Pistachios.
COVID-19 has been no match for Bruce Summers or the agency he serves as administrator: the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
Don Roper has come a long way from his first job as produce clerk at Copps IGA in Antigo, Wis.
“When you believe in the products you deliver to consumers, it’s that much more rewarding when you achieve success,” said Chris Willett of Wenatchee, Wash.-based T&G Global.
United Fresh Produce Association is launching the United re-Fresh Experience, a monthly series of events in January 2021 to re-Fresh your business, re-Fresh your company, and re-Fresh your life.