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The New England Produce Council hosted a dinner meeting event April 30 at Boston’s Fenway Park, sponsored by Sunny Valley International, Glassboro, N.J.
Onion industry veteran Cliff Riner joins G&R Farms, Glennville, Ga., as crop production manager.
Kegel’s Produce, Lancaster, Pa., celebrated its 70th anniversary with an open house that included recipe demonstrations a tour of the company’s facilities.
It was family day at the farm on Oct. 13 as the Eastern Produce Council hosted its fourth-annual Joe DeLorenzo Family Day and Apple Picking Event at Melick’s Family Farm, Oldwick, N.J.
Wholesaler Pete Pappas & Sons Inc., Jessup, Md., has hired Jeremy Galfield as director of national accounts.
Continuing a holiday tradition that started in 1982, Dave Haun was on hand at the Salvation Army in Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 12, watching as a full load of potatoes were moved from a semi tractor-trailer.
Wayne Mininger, who has led the National Onion Association for 33 years, is retiring, and Greg Yielding has been selected as the association’s new executive vice president.
Doug Bohr is the new executive director at the Produce Marketing Association’s Center for Growing Talent.
Michael Robach has joined Clear Labs’ board of directors.
Eco Farms has promoted Emily Noble to marketing manager and sales associate.
Homegrown Organic Farms, Porterville, Calif., has hired Parker Anderson as sales category manager.
Fresh-Link Produce LLC has hired Randy Bolhuis to open an office in Hamilton, Mich., where he will be the sales agent for Sandy View Farms.
Jim Cranney has been elected chairman of the Minor Crop Farmer Alliance.
California Giant, Watsonville, Calif., has hired Helena Beckett as retail sales account manager.
Carpinteria, Calif.-based Pete’s (also known as Hollandia Produce) has promoted Baltazar Garcia to as the company’s director of sales.
Rexburg, Idaho-based Floyd Wilcox & Sons Inc. (dba Wilcox Fresh) has named Justin Reynolds as the company’s new CEO.
A celebration of life for Leonard Pike, known as the father of the Texas 1015 Supersweet Onion, will be April 13 in Bryan, Texas.
BC Tree Fruits Cooperative, Kelowna, British Columbia, has appointed Todd McMyn as CEO and Ross Dwhytie as chief financial officer.
Jason Donaldson, the operations manager for the Americas for Zespri, has died.
Dean Benson has joined Drape Net as its West Coast sales representative.
The Equitable Food Initiative has hired Rebecca Chavez as business development manager.
(UPDATED April 11) Christopher Valadez is the new president of the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California, Salinas.
Fru-Veg Marketing, Miami, has hired Albert Grimaldi as vice president.
A new non-profit organization is using technology to bring produce farmers and food banks together to reduce food waste, creating an easier way of donating surplus produce.
Hillary Brick, senior vice president of marketing at the Giumarra Cos., Los Angeles, has retired after more than 26 years at the company.
The U.S. Apple Association has hired Matthew Hendrickson in the newly created role of manager of association services.
Dawn Winsauer has been promoted to vice president of operations at PSSI, a food safety and contract sanitation provider.
After more than 35 years in the produce industry, Terry Humfeld, the Cranberry Institute’s executive director based in Avondale, Pa., is retiring at the end of 2019.
West Pak Avocado Inc. has hired Joe Nava as vice president of sales and business development.
Smoky Mountain Family Farms, Newport, Tenn., has hired Jerry Simmons Jr. to handle on-site sales, and the company has formed a partnership with Gargiulo Inc., Naples, Fla.