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El Grupo Crespo, which markets mangos in the United States under its Crespo Organic and RCF labels, is offering more choices for U.S. buyers with several consumer-ready packaging options.

Orlando, FL -- After a six-month national search, Talmadge “Tal” Coley has been tapped as the next chief executive officer to lead the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA).

The last two years have been like no other time, and one thing Sean Steller of Phillips Mushroom Farms is looking forward to in 2022 is attending his first trade show since 2020. He will be representing the company at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure expo.

On March 31, Kevin Donovan is retiring from Phillips Mushroom Farms after spending the past 35 years as the sole salesman involved in selling the company’s entire production each day.

Temperatures dipped into the low 30s this morning causing widespread lettuce ice in the Arizona/California desert region. With low temperatures forecast, Markon Cooperative Inc. is projecting challenges through next week.

Sage Fruit Co. will partner with Chelan Fruit beginning with the 2022 cherry season. Chelan Fruit joins the Sage Fruit family of grower-packer-shippers to enhance the marketing, sales and distribution of Washington-grown tree fruit. Through this new partnership, Sage Fruit will add considerable volume of conventional and organic apples, pears and cherries to their manifest.

NASHVILLE, TN – When the National Watermelon Association convention was last held in February 2020, COVID-19 was just starting to rear its ugly head. In fact, less than a month after the 2020 convention wrapped, the nation was faced with a mandatory shutdown to combat the rapidly spreading virus.

Whole Foods Market opened its store in Washington, DC’s, Glover Park neighborhood on Wednesday, Feb. 23. The 21,500-square-foot store offers a wide variety of local products, all hand-selected by Whole Foods Market Mid Atlantic’s Local Forager Kathleen Leverenz. This store is the first of two Whole Foods Market locations expected to open this year that feature Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology.

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, recently published findings of an eight-month survey highlighting the challenges Mexican farmworkers face when they are recruited and deployed to work.

The Southeast Produce Council will celebrate the next generation of superheroes the first week in March at its annual conference and trade show, better known as Southern Exposure.