Progreso Produce, based in Boerne, TX, announced that it has entered into an exclusive sales and marketing agreement with Skyline Produce LLC, based in Hatch, NM, whereby it will market red, white, yellow and sweet onions in bulk and consumer packs.

Skyline Produce grows approximately 500 acres of onions and has been in business for about 10 years, but the principals of Skyline, like Progreso, have a long history in the onion industry.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Food & Drug Administration found four Salmonella samples in the California plant of Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., sending federal health officials to check to see if illnesses match the Salmonella serotype Montevideo strain.

In addition to the March 18 announcement that Brad Watson had joined the management team of J.C. Watson Co. in Parma, ID, the company unveiled its new logo, a quartet of onions with the proclamation, "Four Generations of Family Pride."

The 26-year-old Mr. Watson is the fourth generation of his family to be part of the Idaho-Eastern Oregon onion industry, according to his father, Jon C. Watson.

Indianapolis-based Caito Foods Service Inc., a leading produce distributor that delivers products to more than 10 states on a daily basis, has appointed Tony Mitchell director of procurement.

Mr. Mitchell joined Caito Foods in 1992. His most recent role was account manager. During his tenure, he has gained extensive knowledge about sourcing product, marketing strategies and consumer demands.

Prior to joining Caito Foods, Mr. Mitchell worked for Pick 'N Save Foods in Van Wert, OH.

TRAVER, CA -- When Louis Scattaglia, managing member of Scattaglia Growers & Shippers LLC in Traver, CA, and an owner of Scattaglia Farms in Littlerock, CA, first began putting together a small group of growers to form SGS, he had in mind a "very deliberate underlying strategy" with respect to the geographical locations of the orchards, according to Dave Parker, marketing director for SGS.

Justin Guibert, sales representative for Christopher Ranch in Gilroy, CA, grew up in California's Salinas Valley. Those who know that part of the country also know that agriculture plays a major role in the community, and children there grow up with a strong sense of farming surrounding them.

One of those people is 28-year-old Justin Guibert.