Social Responsibility
LGS Specialty Sales, New Rochelle, N.Y., is sponsoring a consumer contest, One Step at a Time, to raise awareness of breast cancer and encourage consumers to take steps toward better health.
Here’s Wednesday’s schedule for the Sustainable Produce Summit.
UPDATED: The USDA is allocating another $500 million for the Farmers to Family Food Box Program, which has already distributed more than 110 million boxes of produce, meat and dairy products.
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) today announced it has donated funding from its grant program, Apples4Ed, to the School Nutrition Foundation’s “Help Feed School Kids Now!” emergency feeding campaign.
The Equitable Food Initiative has joined the Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture (AMHPAC) for a series of Spanish-language webinars for its members next month.
When Organically Grown Co. transitioned ownership in 2018, its bylaws prioritized investing in Stakeholder groups, including coworkers, growers, customers, community allies and mission-aligned organizations.
California Giant Berry Farm’s 13-week digital fundraiser, Spreading Smiles, has culminated to $40,000 distributed to 13 non-profit organizations throughout the greater Pajaro Valley area.
As president of the Grower Shipper Association of Central California, I talk to farmers, farming companies and farm workers about the challenges faced when protecting essential employees from COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect industry companies in different ways, and they are responding with everything from donations to frontline employees to rolling out plans to keep employees safe.
Misionero, Gonzales, Calif., has received Equitable Food Initiative certification for its processing facility in Gonzales.
With a price tag of $1.22 billion and hundreds of contracts, the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program is a massive endeavor to move fresh produce and other foods to needy families through food banks.
Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., is a sponsor of the 2020 Pan-Mass Challenge cycling event to raise funds for cancer research and treatment, which has moved to virtual event this year because of the pandemic.
Farm Credit donated nearly $255,000 to create an endowment fund for agribusiness students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Virtual tours and demos, an online wine auction and food box donations enabled the fresh produce industry to response to the realities caused by the pandemic.
The fresh produce industry continues to stress worker safety during the pandemic, while helping consumers eat healthfully during the COVID-19 crisis. Here are some recent news items related to the pandemic.
The USDA is offering contracts for its massive food box program to companies that were passed over in the first round of contracts for technical errors, such as a missed signature or unchecked box.
As anticipated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing a third round of contracts for the Farmers to Family Food Box Program, to spend the full $3 billion approved for the program.
Deeper connections with supply partners, labor savings through technology and more racial diversity at top levels are takeaways that foodservice executives have gathered since the coronavirus disrupted the industry.
Chiquita has earned the Blue Flag Award again.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will be announcing the availability of another $500 million to $700 million for the Farmers to Families Food Box Program this week.
Once the foodservice industry re-emerges from the coronavirus shutdowns, it will be changed forever. How does the industry make sure the change is for the better?
Increasing automation, using bio-based materials and stepping up recycling education efforts are a few ways suppliers have responded to sustainable packaging demands during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Retailer Giant Food, in partnership with Avocados from Peru, is donating a trailer load of avocados to Feeding America food banks on National Avocado Day, July 31.
(UPDATED) Companies continue to find ways to help families during the pandemic across the country, from donations of fruits and vegetables to service helping agencies feed people.
French vegetable processor Bonduelle, whose wholly owned subsidiary Bonduelle Fresh Americas markets the Ready Pac Foods brand, has joined three other companies in establishing the B Movement Buliders initiative.
Paul Mastronardi, CEO and president of Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, received the Alf Bennie Award at the Leamington Business Excellence Awards.
Chiquita Brands International is giving its iconic blue banana sticker a pink makeover in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is October.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers and its local healthcare provider are celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Stemilt Family Clinic.
D’Arrigo Bros. of California, which has donated more than $2 million to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, is again featuring its pink-themed packaging for the Andy Boy brand during October..
The Walmart Foundation has given Brighter Bites $1.5 million to expand to California and support efforts in existing cities during the COVID-19 pandemic.