Month: June 2012

Eleven Rivers has won the prestigious Mexican National Export Award 2012. Heriberto T. Vlaminck, president, and Fernando A. Mariscal, coordinator, accepted the Award from Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico, on May 18, 2012, in Guadalajara, Mexico. …

Due to a mild winter and a warm spring, Department of Agricultural Resources (DAR) officials report today that strawberries are emerging about two weeks earlier than usual. …

Organic grower Wholesum Family Farms today announced that produce industry professional Dennis Moleta has joined the company as an account manager.  Moleta, whose territory will cover the Eastern United States, will operate from Hampton, New Jersey. …

In keeping with its 140 years of ongoing growth and progress, B&W moves into the future with a new name –B&W Gourmet Farms – and a new position as the champion of the category of Distinctive Baby Leaves™ for both retail and foodservice markets. …

Back when he was with Wal-Mart and also was serving on the board of directors of the Produce Marketing Association — of which he ultimately became Chairman — Bruce Peterson would frequently ask one question when assessing industry structures: “If we didn’t have the current organizational structure already set up, would we choose, today, to create this structure?” If that is the criteria by which we look at United and PMA, the answer is foreordained as it is almost surely certain that nobody would build the structures of either United or PMA the way they are today.

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