Produce - General
J&C Tropicals, Miami, has been recognized as a Great Place to Work.
Smile! The Starr Ranch Growers is offering Apple Snaq apples with emoji graphics in recyclable packaging.
Food Fight GA, established during the COVID-19 pandemic to help Atlanta-area restaurant workers and farmers who supply the restaurants, is being recognized with a Produce Marketing Association Impact Award.
Fred Webber, the president and CEO of Canada’s Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corp. since 2011, plans to retire from the position at the end of the year.
Ocean Spray brand blueberries from Peru are now certified by Fair Trade USA through marketer The Oppenheimer Group.
Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., has five new products in its Season & Steam line.
Baja Son Growers, Salinas, Calif., which ships organic green onions year-round, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.
The Wonderful Co., Los Angeles, is offering up to $1 million for a solution to the 50,000 tons of pomegranate husks generated each year for the production of Pom Wonderful juice.
Stemilt Growers has seen success with its Instagram First Verified Fruit (FVF) marketing campaign for its Rave apple variety.
Harvest season is underway for SnapDragon apples, grown exclusively by Crunch Time Apple Growers, Lockport, N.Y.
Tom Lange Co. is marking the 60th anniversary of its founding in St. Louis, Mo., this year.
Members of the Fresh Produce & Floral Council 2020 Apprentice Class continue to learn about the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, recently attending virtual tours.
Nearly all growers say sustainability is important, but many say buyers are not rewarding them for their efforts.
The CEA Food Safety Coalition, which represents controlled-environment agriculture operations that include greenhouses and indoor vertical farms, has added members and is
Greenhouse and technology company Revol Greens, Owatonna, Minn., has raised $68 million in investments to expansion in Texas and added three people to its leadership team.
Bobalu Berries, Oxnard, Calif., has launched a website that focuses on the 60-year history of the family firm, as well as the vision of the future from managing partners Bobby and RC Jones.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on four businesses for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Xavier Equihua has always taken a multi-tactic creative approach to marketing.
Mastronardi Produce, the host of the annual Sunset Rocks concert at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit, turned the virtual event into a force for good this year.
Ryan Carter, executive vice president and co-founder of Scotlynn USA Division Inc. has been chosen as the Small Business Administration’s Florida Small Business Person of the Year.
The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association has scheduled two regional meetings to provide updates on issues affecting the state’s growers.
Idaho potato sales are threading their way through the COVID-19 pandemic by spiking in retail stores, while recovering in the foodservice sector, marketers say.
Volume of California’s 2020-21 navel orange crop is forecast to be down slightly from last year, while quality and fruit size should be good, said Casey Creamer, president of Exeter-based California Citrus Mutual.
Veronique Sallin, co-founder of Clermont, Fla.-based IMG Enterprises Inc., parent company of IMG Citrus, is Florida’s 2020 Woman of the Year in Agriculture.
USA Pears is offering pear consumers a chance to win a outdoor pizza oven with the group’s #pearpizza takeover contest during National Pizza Month in October.
Spot refrigerated truckload rates hit an all-time high in September, according to Portland, Ore.-based DAT Freight & Analytics.
Bakersfield, Calif.-based Grimmway Farms is bring new products and sustainable packaging initiatives to the first-ever virtual Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit Conference & Expo.
With support from Bayer, the United Fresh Start Foundation is celebrating National School Lunch Week from Oct. 12-16.
A review of retail sales data by Stemilt Growers’ Roger Pepperl an Brianna Shales shows apples have been a strong performer for the last quarter, and there is more to come.
Superior Fresh has introduced an organic salad, Citrus Splash.