EFI — along with sponsors Windset Farms, GoodFarms and Stemilt Growers — hosted an event to celebrate more than 30 supplier companies that reached gold-star status in the Ethical Charter Implementation Program online LAB platform. Representatives from Costco, Kroger, Sam's and Walmart were in attendance to applaud the leadership shown by these companies in the short time since new engagement criteria were introduced to the ECIP program in July. 

Alexandra Farms began as an experiment, an effort to grow cut flowers that combined the practicality of standard varieties, such as long vase life and durability for global transport, with the romance and character of traditional garden roses. What started as an unconventional idea in 2005 has since blossomed into a story of passion, perseverance, and beauty.

Judy Spires, one of the most accomplished and respected executives in the U.S. grocery and retail food industry, has been appointed chair of retail strategy and industry relations for Consalo Family Farms.

MR Farms is taking a bold step into the future by adopting artificial intelligence to enhance its warehouse operations. Beginning this fall, MR Farms added advanced optical sorting machines to perfectly sort and weigh potatoes and carrots with speed and precision.

Equipped with a sophisticated mirror system and powerful lighting that eliminates shadows, the new machines perform a seamless 360-degree analysis of every vegetable.

Have you heard the phrase, Pull in your horns? Perhaps you used it when a personal financial crisis popped up. Maybe your boss used it in a sales meeting while profits were starting to slip. In business, pulling in your horns is being cautious and is very similar to playing not to lose.