Randy Van Haren Enters WPVGA Hall of Fame

Pest Management Specialist Randy Van Haren, who established Pest Pros, Inc. of Plainfield, in 1984, was inducted into the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) Hall of Fame at the industry’s Annual Awards Banquet held February 8, 2023, in Stevens Point.

Produce for Better Health’s Annual Consumer Connection Conference Poised For Success

Produce for Better Health (PBH) announces the first produce industry marketing event of the year – the Consumer Connection Conference – to be held in Scottsdale, AZ April 10-12, 2023. Now as part of the International Fresh Produce Association’s (IFPA) Foundation for Fresh Produce (FFP), PBH’s annual signature event bodes to convene one of the most powerful groups of fruit and vegetable advocates in history.

USDA Announces Appointments to the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council

February 14, 2023 USDA AMS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the appointment of 28 members and alternate members to serve on the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council. Members and alternates will serve a three-year term ending Dec. 31, 2025.  Four of the appointments are the exporter members and alternates whose terms will expire Dec. 31, 2024, to remain in the council’s nomination rotation.

EnWave Royalty-Partner Plans Launch of New Seafood Snack Product Line in 2023

February 14, 2023 EnWave Corporation

EnWave Corporation announced that Responsible Foods d.b.a. Naera Snacks will be launching a new line of shelf-stable seafood snacks produced using EnWave’s patented Radiant Energy Vacuum drying technology.

AquaBounty Will No Longer Produce Genetically Modified Salmon in Canada

February 14, 2023 Julien Lecacheur, CBC

The only factory that produced genetically modified salmon in Canada will no longer produce them. The company’s AquaBounty plant in Prince Edward Island is now turning its attention to the production of salmon eggs – which will then grow in the United States – but that does not mean that we will no longer find of genetically modified salmon on the shelves of Canadian grocery stores.