City Produce Weighs In At The New Grand Rapids Downtown Market

City Produce will open its doors at the Downtown Market on Monday. They will offer a supply of fresh produce throughout the year at the indoor Market Hall. Co-owners Alison Maat and Chris VandeGuchte grew up in the West Michigan produce business and this is their first foray into retail.

New Quality Assurance Manager Brings 30 Years Of Experience To Coastline

September 4, 2013 Coastline

Coastline a grower/shipper of fresh vegetables, is proud to announce that Mr. Cisco Martinez has joined the company as Quality Assurance Manager.

CMI Introduces Sweet Gourmet Pears

CMI, one of Washington State’s largest grower/shipper of premium quality conventional and organic apples, pears and cherries, is rolling out their new Sweet Gourmet Pear™ Program.

New Zealand's Zespri Kiwifruit Makes Splash At America's Cup 2013

September 4, 2013 Zespri

Zespri Kiwifruit teamed up with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise for the prestigious yacht race, America’s Cup, to showcase a top selection of New Zealand products to the food and beverage industry in San Francisco. San Francisco, similar to New Zealand, is known for being sustainability-driven and environmentally conscious; both areas are also responsible for igniting culinary trends for the rest of the world (e.g. Alice Waters from the Bay Area and Al Brown from New Zealand). 

ASMI Hires New International Program Director

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has selected Alexa Tonkovich to take over as the International Program Director. Ms. Tonkovich will be responsible for managing all of ASMI’s overseas marketing efforts and an approximately $8 million budget. Ms. Tonkovich has worked as ASMI’s Asia and Emerging Markets Manager for nearly four years.