Month: September 2014

Kingston Fresh, LLC., announced that industry veteran Sandy Gatanio has joined the Kingston team and will fill the newly created position of Product Manager, Specialty Vegetables and Berries.  With over 35 years experience in fresh produce sales and marketing, Sandy’s immediate focus will be on establishing these new categories and markets to add to Kingston’s expanding product lines. …

Market Fresh Produce would like to announce the promotion of Shanan Cox as the company’s new Senior Director of Brand Strategy. …

Lipman – North America’s largest open field tomato grower – recently received the Pillar of the Community Award at the 2014 Excellence in Industry Awards, presented by The Partnership for Collier’s Future EconomyTM and The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce. The honor recognizes corporate and individual distinction in making Collier County the best place to live and do business. …

This week the Eastern Produce Council is excited to announce that it will now have a social media presence to further communicate with its membership and get the word to prospective members about what the council is all about. …

Exports and imports from Argentina will be affected by a 96 hour customs strike from September 18th. Argentina’s exporters are taking measures to ensure that quality will not be affected by this development. …