Pear Bureau Northwest has named CarrieAnn Arias as the organization’s new president and CEO, effective July 1.

The heat continues across the East. While record high temperatures are not forecast, numerous record high minimum (overnight) temperatures are likely through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

As a manager, the opportunity to delegate projects and tasks to your teammates might feel like a blessing or a curse.

It’s easy to see how delegation can go wrong in so many ways.

As a leadership coach, I’ve seen too many leaders, especially newer managers, employ a “dump and run” style of delegation where they simply want to get the work off of their plate. They dump it on a teammate without thinking it through or providing clarity about the end goal. This leaves people feeling confused, abused, undervalued and disengaged.

Continental Fresh LLC's Viewpoint series has won a Bronze Telly Award for editing.

Holt Logistics Corp. and its Holt family-owned affiliates continue to set the standard for port operators through investments in facilities in the Philadelphia area. 

Christian Holt told The Produce News that 2023 was a productive year for the Philadelphia port community highlighted by the deepening of the channel to 42 feet last June. A subsequent project that was scheduled for completion in June 2024 will further deepen the channel to 45 feet. 

The Southeast Produce Council’s STEP-UPP Retail Class set out on its summer tour last month, taking participants into the field and on plant tours to gain hands-on experience in how to partner with growers more effectively. STEP-UPP, which is an acronym for Southeast Training Education Program for Upcoming Produce Professionals, is SEPC’s flagship program giving retail and foodservice produce professionals a greater understanding of the industry through an emphasis on strategic orientation, personal leadership, and hands-on field experience.