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The Bipartisan Policy Center recently released a new study from its Food and Nutrition Security Task Force, on which International Fresh Produce Association Co-CEO Tom Stenzel serves.

Los Angeles produce industry veterans Jerry Murray, Jim Gray and James Murray have joined the sales team at Interfresh Inc.’s Los Angeles distribution center.

Shawn HartleySyracuse, UT-based

Ocean Mist Farms announced the promotion of Bobby Bellew to director of farming, Serafin Ruiz to director of harvesting and Glen Alameda to director of supply chain and compliance.

New York-based fresh produce importer and distributor Jac. Vandenberg Inc. has introduced a market-first in sustainable packaging for its Sunrays products.

“We are currently in the heart of the Nogales deal,” said Katy Johnson, purchasing & marketing manager at Prime Time Produce, speaking of their Mexican pepper operation. Sourced primarily in Western Mexico, Johnson said, “our growing partners throughout Mexico have all been strategically chosen to eliminate the potential gaps that tend to occur as production transitions from one area to another.” 

“Wada said, ‘yes we can’,’’ declared Fran Torigian, vice president of sales and business development for Wada Farms’s Eastern Division, speaking on how the company, most known for onions and potatoes, found its way as a year-round supplier of watermelons. “Wada entered the picture a few years ago in the Carolinas, when a number of their sweet potato growers approached the group, wanting to use watermelons as the rotational crop,” said Torigian.

Love is in the air…or is it just the sweet smell of strawberries? Valentine’s Day is the one holiday where strawberries really shine (hello red, heart-shaped berry!), and you can easily incorporate strawberries into a festive brunch made with love.

More than 1,000 new ALDI stores have opened throughout America over the past decade. In keeping with its aggressive growth, ALDI plans to open approximately 150 new stores and remains on track to become the third-largest U.S. grocery retailer by store count by the end of this year. As ALDI expands in the Southeast, the company will count Louisiana as its 38th state of operation when it welcomes shoppers to its Lafayette store on Feb. 10. ALDI plans to open two more Gulf Coast stores in early Mar...

The Texas International Produce Association announced Dave McGillivray as the 2022 Viva Fresh Expo keynote speaker at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, TX, April 21-23.