Month: April 2013

Gourmet Trading Company, the leading supplier of fresh asparagus in North America, announced that their WA Grower Field Representative, Phil Clouse, was awarded Washington Asparagus Person of the Year. Clouse first began working for Gourmet Trading Company in 2005 when the company established a state of art packing facility in Washington set to revive the deteriorating industry. This year will be the company’s 8th consecutive season of Washington Asparagus. …

As part of their renewed focus on Keeping Trade on Track through dispute prevention education, the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation (DRC) have launched a new website, FVDRC.com. The new site is designed to better align with recent rebranding and marketing efforts. The produce trade will now have better access to key information to help prevent disputes and allow industry to quickly call up reference tools such as the active DRC members list, guidelines and templates. …

Mexico’s FANCY FRESH FARMS—which provides turnkey, door-to-door distribution of both conventional and certified organic U.S. Grade 1 / U. S. Fancy fruits and vegetables exclusively to the U.S. market— is leasing tracts of prime farmland to supplement available produce, particularly during high-demand seasons. The American-owned company harvested its first crop in January and is initially focusing on seeded and seedless watermelons, Roma tomatoes, and Fancy mangoes. …