Month: July 2017

A working and walking lunch allowed participants in a day of sessions at the Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference & Expo, in Monterey, CA, to dine on tasty new dishes created by innovative chefs. At the July 29 Chef Talks: A Strolling Lunch, participants tasted new flavors in produce-centric dishes. The event was sponsored by Guadalupe, CA-based Apio Inc., Carpinteria, Calif.-based Hollandia Produce, and Tauranga, New Zealand-based Zespri International. …

Uesugi Farms announced Nathan Wyrick has joined their team as harvest manager. An agriculture veteran, Wyrick has an extensive background in all aspects of farming operations, most recently managing the field harvesting activities of a bulk growing operation for a major grower. …

Alsum Farms & Produce grower partner, Trembling Prairie Farms Inc. will be harvesting new crop Wisconsin Celery in July with the season expected to go through the first week of October. Located in the muck soils of Green Lake County, Trembling Prairie Farms, a family farm owned and operated by John and Connie Bobek along with their four children in Markesan, is in its sixth year of growing and packing locally grown celery serving the Midwest retail and foodservice markets. …

County agriculture officials reported the first case of the disease, which was found in a residential grapefruit tree near the Interstate 215/Highway 91 interchange. State officials said the tree was identified when several Asian citrus psyllids in the area tested positive for the bacteria that causes citrus greening …