Denise Donohue, most recently executive director of the Michigan Apple Committee, has left the organization to join Donohue Associates in DeWitt, MI, to provide integrated marketing services for the food and produce industries, including shippers, retailers and related organizations

Del Monte Fresh Produce, based in Coral Gables, FL, launch launched its 500 Sneaker March promotion, which runs through March 31.

Industry veteran Patrick Gibbons has joined Or-Cal Inc. as global marketing manager of their diverse line of agricultural products, which includes calcium carbonate sunscreens, slug and snail baits, fungicides and apple blossom thinning agents.

CF Fresh, a marketer of certified organic produce, introduced the Durandeau pear to the U.S. organic produce market Feb. 27. The pears are grown by Agro Roca SA in Rio Negro, Argentina.