Month: December 2015

Another great season is wrapping up at Windset Farm’s BC greenhouse. And with that, they celebrate another great season of local donations in support of the FCC Drive Away Hunger Campaign. This year marks Windset’s fifth year as a National Sponsor and they have already made plans to continue their support in the coming year. In the last 5 years, Windset Farms has been able to donate over 300,000 lbs (136,100kg) of fresh, nutritious vegetables to food banks in BC. …

The Vision Companies has announced the hiring of Matthew Clark as Executive Vice President / General Manager and will be based in Los Angeles.  …

Awe Sum Organics Northern Hemisphere Organic Kiwifruit from California and Italy are available now, just as the Southern Hemisphere kiwifruit season has recently come to an end. While on the vine, all Awe Sum Organics kiwifruit is carefully monitored to assure high dry matter and full maturity at harvest, to ensure every kiwifruit is perfectly sweet when they ripen. These production standards are followed by every grower in Awe Sum Organics’ year-round organic kiwifruit program. …

And the winner is … Love Beets Smoky-BBQ Shredded Beets! The company’s new product, to be launched in January 2016, is ready-to-eat beets flavored with a smoky barbecue marinade, and it won the Joe Nucci Award for Product Innovation at this year’s New York Produce Show and Conference. The award was presented to George Shropshire (vice president of marketing) and Joe McGuire (general manager) by PRODUCE BUSINESS magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jim Prevor, at the Jacob Javits Center’s River Pavilion in New York City during the Keynote Breakfast held on Wednesday, December 2. …

The Women's Leadership Committee of the Eastern Produce Council and PRODUCE BUSINESS magazine presented Cece Krumrine with its Woman of Distinction award at the New York Produce Show and Conference during the Women’s Leadership Reception at Jacob Javits’ North Hall on Wednesday, December 2. …