Year: 2024

The Wonderful Company Donates 3.6 Million Halos Mandarins to Feeding America Partner California Association of Food Banks for World Hunger Day

May 27, 2024 The Wonderful Company

The Wonderful Company is donating 3.6 million sweet, seedless and easy-to-peel Wonderful Halos mandarins to California Association of Food Banks, a partner of Feeding America, to bring awareness to the issues of global hunger and food insecurity in advance of World Hunger Day (May 28). Through this donation, residents in need of a healthy and delicious snack will have access to fresh, locally grown Halos mandarins that are packed with Vitamin C.  …

Dole Suggests ‘National Eat More Bananas Day’ for its 125th Banana-Versary

May 27, 2024 Dole

In honor of the 10th anniversary of “National Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day,” an annual holiday created by Dole Food Company and others to encourage Americans to adopt a more produce-rich diet, the produce leader is making what sounds like an unusual suggestion. …

Nominations Open for 2025 Potatoes USA Board Members

May 27, 2024 Potatoes USA

Potatoes USA is the nation’s potato research and promotion organization and the central organizing force in implementing programs to strengthen potato demand. It provides the industry with ideas, information, tools, and inspiration to unite and achieve common goals. …

Green Life Farms Enhances Sustainability Profile with Redesigned Packaging

May 27, 2024 Green Life Farms

Green Life Farms, the leading controlled-environment agriculture grower in the Southeast U.S., proudly announces the launch of its new packaging, featuring a “peel and reseal” container style for its Sandwich Leaf and Butter Leaf, along with updated label designs for all products. …

Herbruck’s to Lay Off 400 Employees, Citing Bird Flu Outbreak

May 24, 2024 Michael Oszust, Yahoo News

Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, Michigan’s largest egg producer, says it will lay off hundreds of employees in Ionia County as it deals with an outbreak of bird flu. …