United Fresh and Keany Produce Partner to Give Washington Conference Attendees A ‘Fresh Taste of DC’

United Fresh Produce Association is partnering with Keany Produce & Gourmet and several Washington, D.C. restaurants on a new ‘Fresh Taste of DC’ campaign, introducing attendees of the 2021 United Fresh Washington Conference to some of the city’s most creative chefs and their fresh produce forward menus, September 20-22, 2021.

LGS Specialty Sales Provides 2021 Summer Citrus Season Update

July 27, 2021 LGS Specialty Sales

GS Specialty Sales, a leading importer of citrus, avocados, grapes, and persimmons, announces an update on its 2021 summer citrus season. Over the next few months, LGS’ Darling Citrus® line will include Cara Caras, lemons, minneolas, navels and W. Murcotts.  

MountainKing Introduces All-New Four-Pack Trays, Ten-Pound Bags for Gourmet Butter Russets

July 27, 2021 MountainKing

As MountainKing Potatoes readies grocers for the fall delivery of its popular Butter Russets, the Texas-based company for the first time will offer the gourmet variety in two new package types: all-new four-count trays ideal for introducing the high-flavor item to new shoppers and sizeable ten-pounds bags for larger gatherings.

OPS 2021 Education Session Announcement The Growth of CEA —What’s Real and What’s Hype

July 27, 2021 Organic Produce Summit

The Growth of CEA—What’s Real and What’s Hype from a Retail and Consumer Perspective will feature leadership from a pair of recognized retailers and one of the fresh produce industry’s most progressive grower/shippers, offering their insight on how indoor-grown fresh produce items come to market, pricing and marketing challenges, and how consumers are reacting to them.

Old Soul’s Farms LLC Recalls Leafy Green Products Due to Possible Health Risk

July 27, 2021 FDA

Old Souls Farms, LLC, located at in St. Paris Ohio is initiating a voluntary recall of greenhouse leafy green products following a positive test of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.