Month: May 2017

Tippmann Innovation (TI) has begun work on an advanced pre-conditioning center located in Pharr, Texas, for Index Fresh. Index Fresh is a global producer of avocados, founded in 1914. Tippmann worked with the engineering and management team at Index Fresh to design the state of the art facility, with future plans to meet their increasing capacity requirements. …

On April 27, Allen Lund Company employees and family members joined with local business North Shore Burgers to participate in feeding the homeless in Downtown Los Angeles. This is ALC's third consecutive year donating time to help to feed the homeless at St. Vincent De Paul's Cardinal Manning Center. …

This year’s Annual Planning Meeting, hosted by Summer Citrus from South Africa (SCSA) brought members from across the U.S. and Western Cape together to review sales and marketing plans, production volumes, shipping schedules, and category trends to support the 2017 season. …

California Grown Tomatoes on the Vine and California Avocados are the perfect ingredient pairing to kick off summertime retail cross promotions. Houweling’s Group and the California Avocado Commission have once again collaborated with a new tomato truss tag incorporating a fresh recipe idea for consumers. …

Duncan Family Farms, a 100% organic grower of a wide variety of produce, was awarded the 2017 All Ways Safe Agricultural Safety Award for a Large Company. They have been honored for all four of their farming operations in Brawley, Nipomo and New Cuyama, California and Buckeye, Arizona. …