Month: May 2012

Amerifresh has named Bill Munger, Jr., President & CEO replacing Dennis Domagala who will be retiring after 23 years of service. Munger, has 28 years of experience in all areas of the produce business and will be directing Amerifresh’s continuing growth. He was previously with Duda Farm Fresh Foods in Salinas, California. …

More than 60,000 children throughout Texas will begin the next school year with access to a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables every day because of new salad bars thanks to the United Fresh Foundation’s efforts to engage the produce industry to support salad bars for Texas schools, as part of the national Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools initiative. …

Those tightly-coiled edible shoots from the ostrich ferns that grow along the rivers and streams in New England and beyond, called fiddlehead ferns, are now in season and available at Ruma Fruit and Produce. …

The California Avocado Commission (CAC) is launching a series of contests and sweepstakes to encourage demand for California avocados in season. Plans include a retail ad contest, a Cinco de Mayo sweepstakes, the return of CAC’s popular Avo Babies® photo contest and a recipe contest promoting California avocado usage for 4th of July and American summer holidays. …

As part of its fresh-from-the-farm video and recipe series, "California Grown" is releasing a new video featuring Cecchini & Cecchini Farms of Brentwood, Calif., the only remaining asparagus farmer in Contra Costa County. …