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The Hass Avocado Board announced two producers and two importers have been seated to HAB’s executive committee for the 2022 board year following an election by the twelve-member board of directors.   The 2022 HAB executive committee members are:

California Giant Berry Farms, a leading producer of fresh, sustainable berries, announced its forecast for a strong winter strawberry crop, led by its Florida and Mexico growing regions. "The 2021-22 Florida strawberry started strong,” said James Tipton, district manager at California Giant Berry Farms. “Weather always plays a critical role in our crop’s success, but there looks to be a long forecast suggesting better temperatures than last year." She said Florida strawberries sh...

Alsum Farms & Produce of Wisconsin has selected Consentio as its digital trading platform of choice. “We have been piloting Consentio for a few weeks now as we believe the platform will help streamline and accelerate our sales order processing, and so improve customer service," said Wendy Dykstra, chief operating officer. "Consentio will link directly to our Microsoft Dynamics ERP system removing the need to manually enter orders and significantly reducing our workload.”

US Foods Holding Corp. will donate $30,000, the equivalent of nearly 300,000 meals, to Feeding America as part of its Giving Gratitude holiday campaign, a month-long effort dedicated to supporting communities struggling with food insecurity. The campaign supports the company’s ongoing commitment to fighting hunger through product donations, monetary contributions and volunteer activities.

Healthy Family Project will close out 2021 with $250,000 raised through retail and digital cause marketing programs adding to the total $7 million raised for charities that benefit families and children. Charities receiving funding in 2021 include Feeding America, Our Military Kids and Fresh Produce Foundation (formerly United Fresh Start Foundation).

WP Rawl, a grower, processor and shipper of leafy greens, honored service members both past and present this holiday season. In November, the company celebrated over 25 veteran team members with a patriotic themed Veterans Day lunch celebration. The team members were greeted by WP Rawl family members and leadership. During the lunch, each veteran was presented the opportunity to discuss their time served, what branch they served and length of service. The highlight of the event was hearing stor...

Dole Food Company has renewed its partnership in 2022 with No Kid Hungry, a campaign to end childhood hunger in America. The company’s alliance with the national campaign first began in summer 2020 in response to the impact of COVID-19 when schools closed and millions more U.S. children were left facing hunger.              

Sunions are America’s first tearless and sweet onions, and they’re back in season with a fresh crop now available on grocer’s shelves. These groundbreaking onions didn’t happen by accident. Sunions are a product of more than three decades of farming, research and development to achieve an uncompromising brand promise that each onion must be certified both tearless and sweet before shipping to retailers.

More than 6.6 million meals are helping feed food-insecure neighbors thanks to the generosity of Food Lion customers who supported Food Lion Feeds’ “Holidays Without Hunger” campaign. Customers purchased and donated a specially marked, pre-packed "Holidays Without Hunger" food box for $5 or made a cash donation at the register during the campaign, which ran Nov. 10 through Dec. 14.

Crop One Holdings, which has been attempting to perfect and advance its data and technology-driven vertical farming practices, expects to open a large-scale operation in the Middle East in 2022 and grow at a rate of one large facility per year over the next five years.