California Dates created memorable moments throughout Palm Desert Food & Wine 2026, beginning with an immersive farm tour on March 19 that brought media and guests into the heart of date country.

The 2026 Vidalia onion season is set to start on the official pack date of April 13, and Shuman Farms expects to have favorable quality and availability of both conventional and organic Vidalias, with onions expected to ship through Labor Day. 

Whole Foods Market announced the recipients of its 14th annual Supplier All-Star Awards, recognizing outstanding supplier partners whose products, innovation and collaboration helped shape the retailer’s assortment over the past year. Among this year's honorees is Oppy.  

Hand-selected by Whole Foods Market category experts, sourcing leaders and foragers, the awards honor suppliers that delivered standout performances in 2025 across key areas including product excellence, creativity, operational reliability and collaboration.

Bee Sweet Citrus’ shipping department has launched an online check-in platform for drivers picking up fruit at its facility. This custom digital portal enables seamless two-way communication between drivers and shipping clerks, ensuring a hassle-free pickup experience.

Agriculture wasn’t an industry Greg Beach had in mind when he majored in international relations at UC Davis. A SoCal kid, working for farmers wasn’t in his plans.  Yet, three decades later, he still loves what he does at Huntington Farms and now expands his work on behalf of farmers, shippers and processors as the newly elected chair at the Grower Shipper Association of Central California.

A recent roundup of headlines about artificial intelligence shows tales of AI gone rogue, from the AI assistant that almost deleted the entire inbox of a Meta SuperIntelligence AI executive to the AI agent who applied for almost 300 jobs (in addition to signing up for Hotmail and a LinkedIn account) all on its own. 

These stories are great fodder for late-night talk show hosts and underscore the reality that AI still needs a human handler in how the technology is used in business.