Mastronardi Completes 5th EFI Certification

September 16, 2020 Mastronardi Produce

Mastronardi Produce (sold under the SUNSET® brand) has certified its fifth operation through Equitable Food Initiative. This certification marks a worthy milestone for Mastronardi, making it one of just a handful of companies to have certified five or more operations.

Rainier Fruit Achieves Equitable Food Initiative Certification

For the past three years, both companies have worked to align EFI standards with Washington State Labor Laws and are excited to finalize their relationship in tandem with Rainier’s 2020 apple crop.

ELEVATE and NSF International to Offer EFI Certification Auditing

Equitable Food Initiative continues to focus on value-added solutions to further standardize its audit process and eliminate audit fatigue. Most recently it tapped ELEVATE to work with NSF International to offer a single auditing solution for fresh produce growers pursuing EFI certification.

JV Smith Companies’ Mexicali Operation Achieves EFI Certification

Promotora Agricola El Toro, a JV Smith Companies facility with more than 3,500 workers and nearly 10,000 acres, has recently achieved Equitable Food Initiative certification, becoming the largest operation to have done so.

EFI Promotes Kenton Harmer to Managing Director

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, has promoted Kenton Harmer to the new position of managing director, effective immediately.