Produce - General
John Vena Inc., Philadelphia, has hired Omar Ford-Bey as financial controller.
Valencia, Calif.-based Sunkist Growers Inc. will be among California growers exporting navel oranges to Vietnam starting this season.
Patrick McTavish, who worked in sales and executive positions at eastern fruit companies, has died.
Hazel Technologies Inc., Chicago, has hired Parker Booth as chief operations officer.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently imposed sanctions on three companies for violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
LAS VEGAS — Futurist Mike Lee told attendees at the 2020 Potato Expo that potato marketers must cater to a diverse group of “food tribes” in thinking about serving consumers in the next decade and beyond.
Mother Nature seemed to smile on growers throughout the U.S. as the 2019-20 citrus season got underway.
Mibo Fresh Foods LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, is facing a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act complaint for unpaid produce shipments of $1.86 million.
LAS VEGAS — Britt Raybould of Rexburg, Idaho, is the 2020 president of the National Potato Council.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing changes to school meal programs that could limit the variety of vegetables served at lunch and cut fruit servings at some breakfasts.
(UPDATED, Jan. 21) Produce industry pioneer Frieda Rapoport Caplan, 96, has died.
Longtime industry leader Emanuel Lazopoulos received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the United Fresh Produce Association at the FreshStart Conference gala Jan. 15.
Canadian kayaker Florence Maheu, who is qualified to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, is promoting the Half Your Plate fresh produce campaign.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — It takes a village to raise a child, the proverb goes, and the same truism could be applied to a commodity organization.
Food safety issues, particularly E. coli outbreaks, continued to disrupt the industry in 2019, even as the Food and Drug Administration announced a New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative.
California growers were somewhat happier with the way this year’s citrus season was shaping up compared to last year.
Mandarins continue to gain popularity among consumers, often at the expense of navel oranges. But it’s way too soon to count navels out.
GS1 US, Ewing, N.J., has hired Kraig Adams to be its vice president of blockchain, a new role at the company.
Organic apple volumes are up year-over-year, and Nielsen data from November 2019 shows that organic apples make up 8% of apple category volume and 10% of category dollars on average in the U.S.
Markon Cooperative, Salinas, Calif., is refreshing its Ready-Set-Serve foodservice line with a new logo and packaging.
Citrus has become one of the produce department’s leading organic items.
Six years after creating FarmBox Direct to deliver fresh produce boxes to customers across the U.S.
Members of the produce industry are praising U.S. senators for their overwhelming support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Western Growers and energy technology company Concentric Power Inc. are teaming up for the Salinas Valley Energy Forum.
Jan McCaffrey has been hired as vice president of people at Organically Grown Co., Portland, Ore.
Cara Ammon has been promoted to senior vice president of research and market intel at Category Partners, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Sean Martin is the new chief financial officer at California Giant Berry Farms, Watsonville.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on four companies for Perishable Agricultural Commodity Act violations.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has prepared a pest risk assessment for imports of Japanese muskmelons.