Food Lion and Novant Health are collaborating to launch a food pharmacy pilot program at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC.

The pilot program provides qualified participants access to nutritious food and encourages them to make healthy lifestyle choices to achieve sustained health. Throughout the two-year pilot program, Food Lion will distribute nearly 3,000 boxes that contain nutritious food. Qualified patients will be determined, in part, through assessments by Novant Health dietitians and team members.

The California Avocado Commission anticipates its fiscal year 2022-23 harvest will come in at 257 million pounds of avocados, a slight decrease compared to the 2021-22 season crop volume of 276 million pounds. When announcing the crop outlook, CAC also unveiled its marketing plans for 2023.“The recent California rainfall has been welcomed by our growers throughout all districts,” said Jeff Oberman, president of CAC.

While 2022 turned out to be as challenging as the pandemic years that preceded it, Salix Fruit said it was an extremely successful year overall.

Pure Flavor is marking an important milestone: the start of the first growing season in its all-new, all-organic Phase IV expansion. The occasion serves as a clear signal that the brand is committed to sustainable and organic greenhouse vegetable production.

With this latest evolution, Pure Flavor added 40 acres of dedicated organics to its Leamington, ON, operations, bringing the total to 115 acres lit production on site.

With significant growth and expansion at the forefront of the company’s strategic plan, Pure Flavor added produce industry veteran Joe Sbrocchi to the company’s leadership team as senior vice president of business development and strategy. Sbrocchi brings an impressive history of successes in a career that has criss-crossed between the vendor and the buying communities (Sobeys & Walmart), and most recently over the last five-plus years as the executive director and general manager of the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers.

The National Mango Board is offering a limited number of Honey and Rounds display bins to both U.S. retailers and U.S. mango shippers on a first-come, first-served basis. The 2023 Honey bins are ready to ship, while the Rounds bins will be ready to deliver in March.