Month: February 2016

The fresh produce supply chain continues to unite to support the Center for Produce Safety's (CPS) Campaign for Produce Safety, as leading retail and foodservice buyers and well-known producers alike announced commitments to fund produce-specific food safety research. …

Enhancing its capabilities for shipping perishable goods, global container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd recently added 3,000 PrimeLINE® units to its fleet, with 1,000 of the refrigerated containers equipped with Carrier Transicold’s innovative XtendFRESH™ controlled-atmosphere system. Carrier Transicold is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). …

Mann Packing Co., Inc., headquartered in the Salinas Valley of California, has been named the recipient of Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s (CPMA) first monthly Fresh Health Award. Mann’s was chosen for its continued support of the Half Your Plate initiative and for their efforts to promote healthy eating. Mann’s has included the logo on their best-selling stringless snap peas across Canada, and have provided coupons for Half Your Plate’s giveaway at the Food Bloggers of Canada conference in Montréal. …

Last week during the first Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Board of Directors meeting of 2016, the association’s Marketing Task Force recommended that PMA establish marketing as a strategic priority during the next two years. The goal is to drive the concept of “marketing as a discipline” throughout the industry. This would include hiring a chief marketing officer, who would be responsible for developing and executing the association’s activities to drive fresh produce consumption and floral demand. In addition to these two recommendations, PMA would also: …

Class 45 of the California Agricultural Leadership Program will present Fresno’s Poverello House with a $100,000 donation.  The presentation will be held in conjunction with Class 45’s commencement ceremony at Fresno State on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 10:00 a.m. in North Gym, Room 118. …