Lipman Family Farms will be exhibiting at booth No. 605 during this summer’s International Fresh Produce Association Foodservice Conference, where it will be showcasing its fresh-cut line, including diced tomatoes, sliced tomatoes, halved grape tomatoes and pico de gallo, fajita sliced peppers and diced onion.

The Southeast Produce Council held its annual summer board meeting July 18-20 in Charlotte, NC, where Southern Innovations will be taking place in less than two months. During the meeting, SEPC’s Board of Directors, Board of Governors, Board Ambassadors and staff discussed several strategic goals and tactics.

Dole Food Co. is calling upon its top banana and pineapple to help families jump back into the fall season and back-to-school routine in the most fun way ever.

The new location for the four-day FlowerTrial 2023 was located at Kwekerij Bloem en Tuin in de Lier/NL was well accepted. 

As it warms up in the Northern Hemisphere, Emirates SkyCargo is scaling up its cool chain capacity for perishables, preparing for a busy summer season of weddings and outdoor events. As the demand for decorative floral arrangements increases, May 2023 saw Emirates SkyCargo transport 3,590 tonnes of time- and temperature-sensitive fresh cut flowers, a 20 percent rise from the same period last year.

G&R Farms, the third-generation Vidalia onion grower in southeast Georgia, is mourning prominent Glennville farmer, businesswoman and Vidalia sweet onion pioneer Pam Durrence Dasher. She was 79.