Month: April 2016

Tennessee’s much anticipated strawberry crop will be ready for picking in the next two or three weeks. However, between now and harvest, if current forecasts hold, those berries may have to “take cover” several times to avoid frost damage. …

Lipman Family Farms, North America’s largest open field tomato grower, recently appointed Brian Sturgeon to its board of directors. …

Based on its recent analysis of the food safety software market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes LINKFRESH, Inc. with the 2016 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership. LINKFRESH’s innovative food supply chain software can be customized and enhanced to perfectly meet the diverse needs of the food industry and its business processes. …

GreenFruit Avocados, a fully integrated avocado grower & supplier, announces Dan Acevedo as their new Director of Business & Marketing Development. Previously, Dan was the Director of Business Development for an avocado company in the US for 6.5 years, where he honed the knowledge and creative insight to help customers expand their avocado category. …

Yerecic Label is proud to announce the launch of a revamped version of the recognized Easy Fresh Cooking® label line. The Easy Fresh Cooking® program incorporates shopper insights from consumer research into labels that entice, inform and inspire consumers to purchase more produce. …