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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.