Duda Farm Fresh Foods has named Laura Lutjen its Midwest regional sales manager. This strategic hire further reinforces Duda’s commitment to building a best-in-class sales team as the company approaches its centennial in 2026.

Manfredi Cold Storage is a family-owned-and-operated third-party logistics provider specializing in temperature-controlled storage, repacking, refrigerated freight and additional services for the produce industry.

As a family business, now in its fifth generation, sweet potato grower-shipper Matthews Ridgeview Farms values being able to meet current and potential customers to touch base and spread the word about what it can deliver.

Building and maintaining strong customer relationships is at the heart of what the Wynne, AR-based Matthews Ridgeview Farms does, said Jaylie Lourens, who works in sales and marketing. Her parents, Terris and Kim Matthews, own the farming company.

Riggio Distribution Co., a cornerstone tenant of the Detroit Produce Terminal, is one of the Midwest’s largest produce wholesalers. The company serves a wide customer base — including independent and chain retailers, wholesale foodservice providers, broadline distributors and food manufacturers — throughout the greater Midwest, southern Ontario and select regions of the South and East Coast.

This October, Wyevale officially unveiled its 95th anniversary logo, marking nearly a century of horticultural innovation and celebrating the company’s deep-rooted heritage. Founded in 1930 by Harry Williamson, an innovative grower who began the business cultivating roses and selling them by mail order, Wyevale has grown into one of the United Kingdom’s leading and most respected commercial growers.

As 2025 advances, the Fresh Field Catalyst Accelerator is building momentum. This year’s cohort is pushing boundaries in sustainable packaging, traceability, shelf-life extension and waste reduction. With Demo Day behind us and the Global Produce & Floral Show on the horizon, the program is delivering on its promise to connect technological innovation with the real challenges of the fresh produce and floral industries.