Equifruit, Canada’s leading Fairtrade certified banana company, announced its president, Jennie Coleman, has been recognized as one of Canada’s Most Admired CEOs for 2024 by Waterstone Human Capital.

Three hurricanes, in the space of just about one month, have played havoc with the entire Florida economy, but no category may be as vulnerable as the Sunshine State’s produce industry.

The International Fresh Produce Association announced the appointment of two of its members, Russell Hamlin, president of farming operations for Grimmway Farms/Cal-Organic and chair of IFPA’s Organics Committee, and Maria Fernanda Abilgaard, global advocacy manager at AgroFresh, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee.

A biochemistry professor at Texas State University and his students began working about a decade ago on an all-natural way to slow the decaying process and extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.

Azzule announced a newly released addendum created in collaboration with ProExport Papaya to address the needs and challenges of the papaya industry exporting to the United States.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton severely impacted all planted tomato acreage across Florida, the primary source for eastern tomato supplies from November into May.