Month: February 2018

The Eastern Produce Council will host The John J. McAleavey 52nd Annual Dinner Dance on Saturday, April 7th at The Westmount Country Club in Woodland Park, NJ. The event has been named in memory of the council’s longtime Executive Director who served the organization for 25 years up until his passing in June of 2015. …

CSS Farms, a multi-state agriculture company producing onions and chip and specialty potatoes, and RPE — category leader and year-round grower/shipper of potatoes and onions — announce the selection of RPE as exclusive marketing partner of Agri-Pack, a CSS Farms subsidiary and Pasco, WA-based grower-packer-distributor of potatoes and onions. …

U.S. KIKU® growers, in the final 6-8 weeks of selling the 2017 crop, are looking back on a successful season while setting plans for the first KIKU® imports from the Southern Hemisphere. …

The countdown is on until the luckiest day of the year and Stemilt Growers is offering retailers a chance to promote St. Patrick’s Day and its green-hued Granny Smith apples through a seasonal leprechaun sticker on various pouch bag items. …

The Eastern Cantaloupe Growers Association (ECGA) elected new officers and directors at last week’s annual meeting in Nashville, TN. Mike Horrall of Melon Acres in Oaktown, IL succeeds Matt Solana of Jackson Farming Company in Autryville, NC as President of ECGA. Tony Phillips of Frey Farms in Keenes, IL was elected Vice President and Ed Walker of Springhill Produce was elected Treasurer. …