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Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., has hired Jeff Cook as chief financial officer.
Kelly Davis, director of produce and floral of Allegiance Retail Services, Iselin, N.J., has joined the Eastern Produce Council’s executive board.
Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., has promoted Joe Angelo to sales manager of the brand’s conventional and organic brands.
Produce Alliance, Chicago, has hired Mike Bradley as chief operating officer.
North Shore Living, Thermal, Calif., has hired Milas Russell as general manager.
The Allen Lund Co., La Canada Flintridge, Calif., has promoted Ryan Stephenson to corporate business development team leader.
Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI), Kieler, Wis., has appointed Monty Christenberry as senior vice president of the central region.
Ian LeMay is the new president of the California Fresh Fruit Association, Fresno.
Robert “Bob” Chester Kershaw, a founder of Domex Superfresh Growers, Yakima, Wash., has died. He was 81.
Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., has hired Eric Trost as vice president of employee benefits for the Insurance Services group.
Coastline Family Farms, Salinas, Calif., has hired Marc Kirby as vice president of finance and accounting.
Jay Patras has been promoted to vice president of sales-North America, at Automated Packaging Systems, Streetsboro, Ohio.
As the industry’s focus on sustainability increases, the Produce Marketing Association is doing the same, naming Ed Treacy as its point person on sustainability issues.
Superior Fruit has selected Joseph Rumley as its chief financial officer.
Greensboro, N.C.-based The Fresh Market has hired industry veteran Vic Savanello as vice president of merchandising for produce.
Market Fresh Produce has hired Sunny Yearwood as an accounting supervisor.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s PACA division has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act against Farmers Best of NYC Inc.
Salinas, Calif.-based The Nunes Co. played host to the Eastern Produce Council’s March dinner meeting at Il Villaggio in Carlstadt, N.J.
Industry veteran Peter Hill started May 24 as vice president of food safety and grower relations at Berry Fresh LLC.
On Aug 10, Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda’s Specialty Produce will celebrate the 95th birthday of its legendary founder Frieda Rapoport Caplan.
Tanimura & Antle, Salinas, Calif., has hired Don Klusendorf as executive vice president of sales and marketing.
California’s Citrus Research Board has brought on Franco Bernardi as its interim president.
Kenny Bennett, the longtime farm manager and business partner at the L&M Family of Cos., has died.
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.
Leo Rolandelli, aka the “Godfather of Asparagus” who ran Jacobs, Malcolm, and Burtt for nearly five decades, died Oct. 31. He was 77.
Transportation broker Allen Lund Co., with offices nationwide, is reaching out to western U.S. shippers typically carrying items that could complete holiday meals for needy families.
Fred Heptinstall plans to retire from Polymer Logistics at the end of the year.
The massive Woolsey Fire that has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee, caused the temporary shutdown of Dole Food Co., Westlake Village, Calif.
CHEP has appointed Jake Gilene to senior vice president of sales and customer service of CHEP USA.
Longtime apple industry salesman John “Roger” Smithey died Feb. 4. He was 81.