Month: February 2016

Americold Appoints Fred Boehler To President & Chief Executive Officer

February 4, 2016 Americold

Americold (www.americold.com), the global leader in temperature-controlled supply chain solutions, announced today that Fred Boehler, formerly the company’s President & Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed to the role of President & Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Mr. Boehler has also been appointed to Americold’s Board of Trustees. Mr. Boehler was previously appointed President & Chief Operating Officer when Jeffrey M. Gault, now Chairman of the Americold Board of Trustees, retired from the Americold CEO position in March of 2014. …

Mandarin Oranges, Rising Stars Of The Fruit Bowl

February 4, 2016 David Karp, New York Times

Along the Maricopa Highway at the southwestern end of the San Joaquin Valley, rimmed by hardscrabble hills and bobbing oil derricks, stretch miles of lush green groves bearing fluorescent mandarin oranges. Once home to cotton fields, this is now the epicenter of an epic agricultural boom that has industrialized a noble fruit and turned it into a rising star. …

Commissioner Adam H. Putnam Applauds Florida House For Passing Bill To Help Florida's Citrus Industry

February 4, 2016 FL Department of Agriculture Consumer Services

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam today issued the following statement regarding the House of Representatives passing House Bill 7007, which establishes a cost-sharing program for the removal or destruction of abandoned citrus groves to eliminate material that harbors citrus greening and the vector that spread the bacterial disease. …

Pure Hothouse Foods Announce The Launch Of A New Distribution Center

February 4, 2016 Pure Hothouse Foods Inc.

Pure Hothouse Foods Inc. is announcing a significant milestone in its supply chain transformation, with the new fully operational 60,000 square foot distribution center in San Antonio, Texas. …

Markon Cooperative Pledges $100,000 To Food Safety Research

February 4, 2016 Markon Cooperative, Inc.

Through their seven member companies, Markon Cooperative, Inc. has pledged another $100,000 in research funding to the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) for their latest five-year campaign, bringing the group’s total to $200,000 in grants. …