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Western Growers Insurance Services has hired Natalie Berend as senior director of commercial lines.
Coastline Family Farms, Salinas, Calif., has hired Ryan Laughton as vice president of crop production and grower relations.
The Donio family of New Jersey has received the same national honor that Frank Sinatra, Tommy Lasorda and Tony Bennett have accepted.
Syngenta has appointed Chris Davison as head of business sustainability for North America.
Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Peak of the Market has hired David Busby team as director of business development.
George Galloway, the senior account manager for Pretty Lady Vineyards for 15 years, is retiring after four decades in the industry.
Jimmy Munguia, the chairman of the tomato division for the FPAA, has been busy in recent months supporting the group’s position in favor of keeping a tomato suspension agreement in place.
Howard Nager, vice president of business development for Sun Pacific, Pasadena, Calif., has left the company “to pursue other business opportunities.”
Lipman Family Farms is hosting its fourth 5K Run for Backpacks.
As the Potatoes USA annual meeting came to a close, the group welcomed a new chairman and executive committee.
Brandy McMullen has been named general office manager of Choptank Transport’s Tampa, Fla., office.
The Tyler Phipps Memorial Scholarship Foundation, Nixa, Mo., is again offering a $3,500 scholarship to a high school senior looking to pursue further education in the agriculture industry.
Package Containers Inc. has hired David Moen as regional sales manager and retail director.
Dallas-based DMA Solutions has chosen nine students from Texas A&M University to attend the upcoming Viva Fresh Produce Expo in San Antonio.
J&J Distributing, St. Paul Minn., has made some personnel changes.
Eddie Lund has been promoted to president of Allen Lund Co., the transportation company his father founded in 1976.
Market Fresh Produce has hired Sherri Zintel as the manager of inventory systems at the company’s Tampa, Fla., facility.
Alex Ott is leaving the California Apple Commission and other commodity boards to become the full-time executive director of the American Pecan Council.
After 45 years in the produce industry and selling a world of onions, Chris Woo is ready to retire.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking four importers to fill seats on the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
Apple grower-shippers in New York report a promising bloom set up by near perfect weather throughout the state in May.
Steve Lutz, the Produce Marketing Association’s regional vice president-U.S. and Canada West, has ended his affiliation at CMI Orchards.
Sun Pacific, marketer of Cuties-brand clementines, plans to grow export sales, naming two employees who will lead that charge.
Delightful Quality Produce Company has hired a new vice president of sales and business development.
Rio Rico, Ariz.-based The Sykes Company, announced today that it has selected Lesley Sykes — daughter of company founder and president Bill Sykes — as executive vice president.
Monica Reinagel, aka The Nutrition Diva, has launched a podcast that focuses on fresh produce growers and other agriculture industries.
Salinas, Calif.-based D’Arrigo Brothers of California has hired Cody Ramsey as foodservice manager and Shannon Aliotti as a sales representative.
Litehouse president and CEO Jim Frank plans to retire, and executive vice president Kelly Prior has been named interim president of the salad dressing company.
Q Laboratories Inc. has named Jason Brown manager of its Analytical Chemistry Department.
Jim Allen, vice president of marketing for New York Apple Sales and former president of the state’s apple association, has been honored by the New York State Agricultural Society.