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Ocean Mist Farms launched its Eat Your Heart Out sweepstakes, which runs through March 17. The campaign includes email marketing to a robust community of artichoke shoppers and produce buyers, social media advertising and sweepstakes prizes — all to drive demand and in-store sales.

Ross Lambert has joined RedLine Solutions as its director of software development. He has won awards as a software engineer and solutions architect, yet his greatest satisfaction has come from building and leading world class development teams.

Gelson's has promoted John Bagan to president and CEO following the departure of Rob McDougall, who has retired from Gelson's after 15 years with the Southern California-based brand. The new leadership position marks Bagan's third promotion in two years, most recently moving from chief operating officer into the role of president in July 2022.

From academia to government to foreign research institutions, Center for Produce Safety-funded investigators have diverse expertise. Together, they are generating results the fresh produce industry can use to minimize food-safety risks.

Ten Acre Marketing added two new team members to its ranks: Jonnah Lee and Simon Andrys. “Our company is growing and we’re thrilled to welcome Simon and Jonnah into two key roles to further support our network of clients who are advancing agriculture,” said Ten Acre Marketing CEO Leah Halverson.

U.S. Customs & Border Protection Officers seized another narcotic shipment concealed within pallets of radishes at the Calexico Port of Entry — less than a week after another illicit shipment was rooted out. This delivery weighed in at 4,563 pounds, an estimated street value of $5.48 million.

BC Tree Fruit Cooperative and Sandhu Fruit Farm have formed a strategic partnership for the packing of export cherries grown in the Okanagan, Creston and Similkameen valleys. With the Sandhu Fruit Farm installation of Unitec’s world-class Cherry Vision 3.0 sorting and packaging technology, cooperative growers who grow export quality cherries will have even more opportunity to maximize their returns through shared volume and technology that will enable greater access to markets by air and ocean...

The continued growth of controlled environment agriculture and how producers, retailers and consumers are responding to fresh produce items grown indoors will be the subject of the first-announced educational session at Organic Produce Summit 2023.

The Southeast Produce Council announced the inaugural class of the Next Generation Leadership Academy, a unique leadership development program designed for up-and-coming leaders.

Raley’s launched online Electronic Benefit Transfer acceptance for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants at 83 Raley’s banner’s store locations across California. SNAP participants can now use their benefits to shop online for groceries from 98 Raley’s banner’s stores across both California and Nevada.