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Mountain View Fruit Sales, the home of Summeripe® Ready-to-Eat fruit from California is the company consumers have come to rely on for consistently delicious stonefruit. Born from a partnership with the UC Davis Pomology Department, led by Dr. Carlos Cristoso, Ph.D., Summeripe® continues to lead the industry in growing, packing and conditioning stonefruit from select Central California family farms. We are happy to announce we are the first in our industry to be officially “Non-GMO Project Verified”. …

Lucky’s Real Tomatoes of Brooklyn, NY, proudly announces the addition of Josh Wanless to their executive management team as Vice President of Business Development. Josh has worked with Lucky’s for the past five years as a process and technology consultant. …

The summer's most celebrated holiday is getting a monumental salute from the Peruvian Avocado Commission (PAC). A line up of in-store demos, tagged radio spots, and trade advertising will help drive sales of Peru's largest export ever to the United States. …

New Jersey’s peach crop looks vigorous this year and is expected to yield about 30,000-35,000 tons of fruit from the state’s 5,500 acres of trees.  “Our peach buds survived a brutal winter, a cool and frosty spring, and are still loaded with fruit,” says Jerry Frecon, Rutgers professor emeritus of fruit science, currently a consultant to the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council, and editor of the annual New Jersey Peach Buyers Guide for wholesalers and retailers. …

United Fresh held its annual convention from June 10th to the 13th, and NatureSweet® Tomatoes made an impressive appearance to showcase its growing variety of nature’s sweetest snack: small tomatoes. United Fresh guests were excited to see NatureSweet’s stand-out booth and taste the products of the nation’s number one producer of premium, branded and best-tasting tomatoes. …