What started as a simple gesture, leaving a few crunchy carrots next to the cookies and milk, has grown into one of the most heartwarming and enduring holiday traditions for families with young children. It’s a moment filled with imagination: kids carefully selecting the perfect carrots for Santa’s reindeer, debating which gets the biggest one and proudly arranging their display before heading to bed.

With nearly a century operating in the New England produce industry, Community-Suffolk continues to reinforce its reputation as one of the most dependable wholesale suppliers serving Boston and the surrounding region. 

Its customer base includes an almost even mix of retail and wholesale clients, and company representatives take great pride in the longstanding relationships they have cultivated with both growers and shippers.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc. announced the appointment of Alex Zelikovsky as chief information officer, a move aimed at advancing the company’s digital transformation strategy under CEO Adolfo Villagomez.

PanAmerican Seed continued its support of charitable causes in 2025 through its Beacon Impatiens Beacon Shines the Light program, which raises awareness and provides assistance to selected nonprofit organizations each year.

For the 2025 season, Beacon Impatiens presented two charitable donations — one to esp Inc. in the United States and another to Greenfingers Charity in the United Kingdom.

Alexandra Farms displayed its garden rose collection earlier this month at IFTF 2025, highlighting its largest exhibit to date.

The company’s booth featured 75 garden rose varieties, along with an expanded selection of diversified products. The exhibit reflected Alexandra Farms’ continued growth and commitment to offering a broad range of colors, textures and varieties to the floral industry.

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance applauded the bipartisan leadership of the Congressional Specialty Crop Caucus for calling for immediate and equitable economic relief for specialty crop producers and urged Congress and the administration to act without delay.

More than 100 members of Congress sent a letter to the House and Senate agriculture committees addressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmer Bridge Assistance Program. The effort was led by caucus co-chairs Reps. Jim Costa, D-Calif.; David Rouzer, R-N.C.; Sanford Bishop, D-Ga.; and David Valadao, R-Calif.