Month: April 2012

Industry leading fresh vegetable grower and marketer Tanimura & Antle has announced a summertime consumer sweepstakes promotion starting May 1st and running through July 2012. Kicking off National Salad Month and continuing through peak salad season, this integrated program promotes 3 Tanimura & Antle Artisan® products—Artisan Lettuce, Romaine and Boston lettuces. The promotion includes seasonal packaging that will offer consumers a weekly sweepstakes of $1,000— or 13 weeks! …

YottaMark, Inc., provider of the HarvestMark fresh food traceability and supply chain insights platform, announced today that Michael Bromme has joined the company as SVP, Sales. Bromme will lead sales of the company's industry-leading HarvestMark platform to grocery retailers, foodservice operators, and food producers. Bromme will report directly to J. Scott Carr, president and CEO. …

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) today applauded a letter signed by 32 senators calling for a 2012 Farm Bill that will build on previous specialty crop investments. In the letter to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Ranking Member Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the senators said the specialty crop programs established in the 2008 Farm Bill generated significant benefits for consumers, producers and farm communities. …

Pace International, LLC has hired Jason Osborne as a new Sales and Technical Service Representative to manage and service accounts in Northeastern United States and Canada. This is in tandem to the expansion of Pace’s Pacific Northwest team of technical, field and lab personnel. …