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Rivermaid Trading Co., a Lodi, CA,-based cherry and pear packer, has installed a GP Graders AirJet Defect Grader in its Lodi facility. The 40-lane cherry line is the largest ever installed by GP Graders.
Patrick Archibeque, chief executive officer of Rivermaid, and his team traveled extensively last year to evaluate all the cherry grading machines and software on the market and found the GP Graders AirJet Defect Grader with...
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Today's Headlines
- HAB survey reveals need to educate consumers about dietary fats
- In the trenches: Drive produce sales with leading-edge items
- Onion harvest in state’s Imperial Valley expected to start late April
- Great Big Idaho Potato Truck hits the road with health message for women
- Braga Fresh expands organic offerings with new sleeved celery and celery hearts
- Dole doubling the love during 2014 tour
- USDA to test adding canned, frozen produce in federal school snack program
- Chinese garlic scrutiny by U.S. Customs applauded, but system still flawed says shipper
What's New
The annual Sonora Spring Summit, hosted by the Association Agricola Local de Productores Uva de Mesa, the local association of table grape growers in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, commonly known by its Spanish acronym, AALPUM, is scheduled to be held in Hermosillo April 24-25.
The two-day event is open to producers, distributors, buyers and anyone else in the...
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L&M Cos. Inc., which is based in Raleigh, NC, and has offices in eight other locations around the country, is a diversified grower, shipper, broker, distributor, importer and exporter of produce, offering a wide assortment of products.
Onions are an important component in the mix, and the company grows onions in various locations throughout the United States,...
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BRENDAN KEATING joined wholesale grocer Bozzuto’s Inc. April 7 as a perishables account manager. He replaces Kenny Brickel, who has joined Nicholas Markets in Colonia, NJ, as store manager.
Keating, a resident of Bergen County, NJ, has many years of experience in the fresh produce industry, including...
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Domex Superfresh Growers continues to innovate with use of GPS-equipped tractors as technology moves from the drawing board to the orchard. Use of GPS allows the tractor to create a planting line within an inch of accuracy. A specialized plant platform pulled behind the tractor opens the ground so trees...
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Early start for Sonora grapes will assure promotable volumes for Memorial Day and Fourth of July
Virtually every year retailers can count on having Sonora spring grapes available in good supplies for the Fourth of July pull. Me...
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FPFC's Northern California Expo
Vince Delmasso, Mike Short and Ricardo Laguna of Bay Cities Produce.
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