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Growers in Florida provide a wide variety of delicious and healthy fruits and vegetables throughout the year, and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ division of marketing and development is committed to raising awareness of these produce items through its Fresh From Florida campaign.

Retailers were geared up for warmer weather and springtime celebrations this week. Sweet potatoes, broccoli crowns, yellow squash, grapes and pineapples were advertised alongside hams or grilling meats for Easter get-togethers, according to the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service national retail specialty crops report. With Passover beginning in just a week, sales on favorites like grape and apple juices, beets, honey and apples were highlighted in many flyers. Some retailers touted tropical fru...

Potatoes USA, the marketing and promotion board for the potato industry, elected new leadership during its annual meeting. The newly elected chairman and executive committee will lead the board through 2022-23.

Big Y announced plans to build a new concept Big Y Express Fresh Market in Springfield, MA. This new 10,000-square-foot Big Y Express Fresh Market will be tailored to fit the needs of the city’s downtown community. Currently, there are workers and area residents who are eager to have access to delicious, nutritious and affordable offerings that are not currently available in a convenient way. Between the UMass classrooms, YMCA daycare, area office workers and downtown residents, many are looki...

Gills Onions recently enlisted FoodMix Marketing Communications, a leading food marketing agency, to launch an Onionology campaign. Designed to showcase the intricate details that go into raising the best onions, the Onionology campaign highlighted everything from soil to the company's emissions-free electricity.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has greatly increased truck safety inspections at the major Texas border crossings from Mexico to the United States causing truckers to wait as long as 32 hours to get into the United States with their loaded trucks. As a result, there were efforts by incoming truckers to block the border on Monday morning to shine light on the situation.

Country Sweet Produce announced the promotions of Prescott Leyba to director of sales and Alexandra Rae Molumby to director of marketing for Bako Sweet. In their elevated roles, Leyba and Molumby will work in tandem to lead the growth of the Bako Sweet brand at every level from farm to retail. This includes building highly functioning sales and marketing teams, both internally and with strategic partners, to drive the company’s goals forward.

Grapeman Farms is one of the largest independent producers of table grapes from Mexico during the Spring table grape season. Founded in 1974, Grapeman is a U.S. headquartered table grape farming company. With vineyards located in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, Grapeman owns and operates two state-of-the-art distribution facilities in Bakersfield, CA, which is where their sales office is located. It has administrative offices in Los Angeles.

WOODLAND PARK, NJ — The Eastern Produce Council held its 54th annual John J. McAleavey Gala — a night the event’s namesake called “the produce prom” — Saturday, April 9, at the Westmount Country Club, here. The dinner dance was last held in 2019 when the council upped the ante on the evening, switching to a casino night format, including blackjack and craps —and a DJ to keep things moving.

Northampton Growers, headquartered in Cheriton, VA, has operations in Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Virginia and Florida. It’s the latter that the company currently is focusing on for the important spring season. Between November and June every year, the Florida growers work with peppers, squash, beans, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplant and corn. While the company works all winter, the spring deal starts about the first week of April, starting with cucumbers and squash, followed by peppers.