BelleHarvest, a grower-owned distributor of fresh apples in Michigan, is prepared to take on the Marvel of Produce as an exhibitor at Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure conference and expo, March 3-5 in Orlando, FL.

The U.S. Apple Association recently announced the 2022 class of its new emerging leader program, the NextGen Apple Fellowship. Six fellows from across the country were chosen to participate in the 2022 class. The program will focus on providing fellows annually with career development, one-on-one mentoring, hands-on advocacy experience, community service work and many other leadership opportunities.

The 2022 NextGen Apple Fellows include:

The apple and pear season started three weeks ago with early Bon Chretien pears and so far, the crop is looking very good.

Vanguard is seeing growth in the apple and pear industry that can be attributed to the replanting of orchards that followed the drought the region had years previously. This along with the second great winter season replenishing all water reserves leaves South African growers with a very positive outlook for the 2022 season.

Valentine’s Day and Pink Lady apples have always been a perfect match, and this year there are even more reasons the two will share the love. The apple brand is celebrating the romantic holiday with a plentiful supply in stores and a social media promotion that gets fans to raise a glass.

The Washington Apple Education Foundation has hired Faviola Barbosa as its new executive director. 

Consumers are stockpiling Autumn Glory apple supplies, and according to Nielsen data the apple was up 34 percent in volume against a category that was down 2 percent.