Month: September 2017

“For your holiday resets and department walk-throughs, include these complementary and specialty items so your shoppers have everything they need in the produce department,” said Alex Jackson Berkley, senior account manager of Frieda’s Specialty Produce. “The top sellers each year are shallots, elephant garlic,specialty onions (pearl, boiler, and cipolline), pine nuts,cinnamon sticks, vanilla beans, and mulling spices.” …

Apio, Inc., a leading provider of Eat Smart® branded packaged, fresh vegetables to retail and club stores throughout North America, has donated 28,000 Eat Smart salads, or approximately 114,000 salad servings, to victims of Hurricane Irma. Eat Smart is partnering with the SOS Foundation and the South Florida Red Cross to distribute these salads to those in need. The delivery from the Apio™ facility in Bowling Green, Ohio is due to arrive in Homestead, Florida on Monday, September 25th. …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) this week announced the establishment of assessment rates for pecans grown in the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas under marketing order 986. …

Leading artichoke grower, Ocean Mist® Farms is pleased to announce its new blog, From the Heart. The blog is an extension of Ocean Mist’s commitment to educating people on how to prepare and eat fresh artichokes and the other fresh vegetables they grow. …

Pacific Trellis Fruit/Dulcinea Farms, Los Angeles, CA is excited to announce their first grower partner has received the Fair Trade certification through SCS Global Services (SCS). Agroexport de Sonora S.A. out of Hermosillo, Mexico, grower of Dulcinea® PureHeart® Mini Seedless Watermelons, has completed a strict audit to achieve this honor. Fair Trade develops compliance criteria which is then reviewed by the certifying body SCS. …