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Renaissance Food Group, Rancho Cordova, Calif., has hired Edward Redd and Kate Brooks in executive sales roles.
Michael Walsh, a commodity manager at Seald Sweet, is retiring after more than four decades in the produce industry.
AC Brands has hired Evan Pence as vice president of international procurement.
Emanuel Lazopoulos has joined Dole Fresh Vegetables, Monterey, Calif., as senior vice president of sales and marketing.
Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., has promoted Chris Drew to chief operations officer and Gladys Venezuela-Corzo to vice president of human resources.
Lone Star Citrus, Mission, Texas, has hired Kevin Roberts to its sales team.
Mango and avocado distributor Fresh Directions International, Miami, has hired Andy Garces for the new position of sales and marketing manager.
The Texas International Produce Association is seeking participants for the send annual Clean Eating Challenge, set to start on Oct 1.
Avocado company Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., has hired Susie Rea in sales and business development.
A tradition for the Eastern Produce Council, its annual golf outing, became much more this year for the organization, which typically has a calendar full of events.
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.