For the eighth year, Titan Farms and Harris Teeter have donated peaches to Second Harvest Food Banks in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina. This year’s donation to the “Peaches with a Purpose” program was especially important to local communities, with 76,000 pounds of peaches donated to local food banks, which is more than double last […]
Category: Produce News
Posted inProduce News, Executive News, Midwest
Produce Alliance Promotes Hulick To VP Of Food Safety
Chicago-based Produce Alliance has promoted its longtime leader of food safety, Barbara Hulick, to VP of food safety. Hulick is a highly acclaimed industry leader in the development and advancement of food safety ideology and practices within the produce industry. She has been a leader at Produce Alliance since joining the company in 2016 and […]
Posted inProduce News, West
Natural Delights Prepares For Medjool Date Harvest
Yuma, Arizona-based Bard Valley Natural Delights has announced it is primed for a successful harvest season this year. To support the brand’s growth, the company has also expanded internally with strategic additions to its sales and marketing staff. Natural Delights expects the Medjool date supply from this year’s harvest to meet the year-round business needs, including the […]
Posted inProduce News, Southeast
Kapi Kapi Growers Builds On Logistics Team With New Hires
Miami, Florida-based Kapi Kapi Growers, a producer of pineapples and bananas, has hired Latishia Bryant and Sharonda Masters. With nearly 14 years of experience in fresh produce transportation logistics, Bryant joined Kapi Kapi as logistics manager with a focus on program execution and relationship building for the company. Bryant brings knowledge in supply chain management and […]
Posted inProduce News, Northeast
SweeTango Apple Crop To Begin Shipping After Labor Day
Swedesboro, New Jersey-based SweeTango apple growers and packers are urging retailers to place orders to take advantage of the brand’s marketing plans. Fruit will start shipping after Labor Day, the SweeTango sales desks report. “I don’t remember ever having as nice a crop hanging on the trees as we’ve got this year, both volume and quality,” […]
Posted inProduce News, Southeast
SEPC To Highlight Industry Innovations, Insights At Conference
The Southeast Produce Council will highlight the latest industry innovation and insights Sept. 22-24 at its SEPC conference held in Nashville, Tennessee. “Insight from our board of directors told us that there are four areas where innovation occurs in produce – at the farm, in the store, on the menu and for the planet,” said […]
Posted inProduce News, Association News, Northeast
NJDA Highlights Jersey Fresh Produce At Stop & Shop
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher visited the Kingsland Avenue Stop & Shop in Clifton Aug. 31 to highlight the store featuring Jersey Fresh in its produce department. Stop & Shop’s 58 New Jersey stores source produce from several local farms from the state. They include Abma’s Farm in Bergen County; Cassaday Farms […]
Posted inProduce News, Snacks Brands, West
Blue Diamond Foundation Announces Scholarship Recipients
Sacramento, California-based Blue Diamond Growers Foundation has announced its 2022-23 scholarship recipients. This year, scholarship funding is being awarded to 25 college students who are either dependents of Blue Diamond employees or are members of local communities who are pursuing agriculture-related fields of study at colleges and universities in California and throughout the country. “We […]