Month: January 2012

Leaders in the retail produce trade are touring the fruit-growing regions of Chile, one of the top sources of fresh fruit during the North American winter. Organized by the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association, with the support of ProChile, the U.S. and Canadian produce industry leaders and first time visitors were introduced to Chile’s impressive landscape, various growing regions, vibrant fresh fruit producers and their state-of-the-art facilities. …

Surviving a difficult economy while growing her business has been a challenge for Jane MacDonald. Not only has she persevered, however, but the founder and president of Monterey Farms has just moved her company into a new and larger processing facility in south Salinas. …

Sweet, juicy New Zealand apricots are back again at The Oppenheimer Group, and the marketer is kicking the season off with air shipments arriving on both coasts last week. …

In the final seconds of the Famous Idaho® Potato Bowl, the Ohio University Bobcats (OU) defeated the Utah State University Aggies (USU) by a single point. While both teams played a "spudtacular" game, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC) was perhaps the biggest winner, scoring more than 4.3 billion media impressions – and counting – as a result of multiple marketing initiatives that supported the college bowl game. …

A born-&-bred McAllen native was the final choice to head the expanding operations of premier grower/shipper Farmer’s Best with the hire of Mario René Cardenas, 38, earlier this month …