Produce - General
Packers Sanitation Services Inc. (PSSI), Kieler, Wis., has appointed Monty Christenberry as senior vice president of the central region.
Yes, there were long-term fallouts from a freeze and a hurricane. But equally weighing on the minds of Georgia’s fresh produce industry leaders were challenges unrelated to the weather.
Hardships born from a big freeze in 2016 have inspired Georgia’s blueberry industry to invest in some protective technology so growers don’t get frozen out of the market again.
New York farmers have access to new organic grape tomato varieties to fill the demand for local high-value produce.
Ian LeMay is the new president of the California Fresh Fruit Association, Fresno.
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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.
The United Fresh Produce Association is coming to Chicago one more time, and expectations are high for the Windy City and the show.
Jay Patras has been promoted to vice president of sales-North America, at Automated Packaging Systems, Streetsboro, Ohio.
China’s latest round of tariff retaliation hit frozen fruits and vegetables but appeared to spare additional hikes on imported U.S. fresh produce.
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.
Discover a variety of peach information such as; consumer trends, retail availability and trending sales statistics.
After several years of strategy review and consultation, Zespri shareholders have voted to strengthen grower ownership and control of the company.
Georgia blueberries suffered some damage as temperatures dipped below freezing the week of March 5.
John Hollay has been hired by the United Fresh Produce Association as senior director of government relations.
Fresh Express is relaunching its chopped salad kits.
Industry leaders have rallied to ask for renewed funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops program.
Staff writer Ashley Nickle and Produce Retailer editor Pamela Riemenschneider discuss what happens next for Southeastern Grocers, which plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the end of the month.
Shoppers will again have the chance to sample Florida peaches as production gets going toward the end of March and beginning of April.
Dollar General plans to carry fresh produce in about 450 stores by the end of 2018.
Gotham Greens, a New York-based greenhouse grower, recently broke ground on its second greenhouse in the Chicago’s Pullman area.
Superior Fruit has selected Joseph Rumley as its chief financial officer.
Lipman Family Farms, which touts itself as North America’s largest grower of field tomatoes, has entered into an agreement to buy greenhouse grower Huron Produce.
(UPDATED, March 20) With the Easter recess soon to start and no draft farm bill yet released, hopes for a bipartisan bill from the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee appear to be fading.
With California avocado volume rising seasonally, the Irvine, Calif.-based California Avocado Commission is releasing fresh advertising to support the crop.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture plans to host its annual Ag Day March 20 at the state capitol.
Greensboro, N.C.-based The Fresh Market has hired industry veteran Vic Savanello as vice president of merchandising for produce.
National editor Tom Karst and staff writer Ashley Nickle discuss the latest 90-day delay for produce shippers on the ELD mandate and how blueberries fared in some recent cold weather.
Chef’d plans to have its meal kits in more than 1,000 stores by the end of June.