Village Farms Fresh is committed to fostering connections among its community, education and sustainable agriculture. Over the past six months, the company had the privilege of partnering with local school districts in the Big Bend region of Texas to provide captivating greenhouse tours for students.

A M King, a national, integrated design-build firm, has completed expansion of Henry Avocado Corp.’s cold storage distribution center in Charlotte, NC. The project allows the company to extend its operations on the East Coast, continuing to provide high-quality custom-ripened avocados to restaurants, food distributors and grocery stores.

Target Corp. named Christina Hennington, currently chief growth officer, as chief strategy and growth officer and Rick Gomez, currently chief food, essentials and beauty officer, as chief commercial officer, overseeing Target's merchandising business, both effective July 7. Lisa Roath, Target's chief marketing officer, will take on the role of chief merchandising officer of food, ess

Kurt Zuhlke has been on a mission for more than four decades to help provide the produce industry with cutting-edge packaging that not only satisfies all their needs but is environmentally friendly.

It was once a lonely journey, filled with spending too much time explaining to suppliers and retailers the benefits of his packaging, how the items created additional sales, cut costs and offers the sustainability that helps save the planet, too.

Inteligistics, which has been developing digital technology solutions to streamline and transform the fresh food industry supply chain for over a decade, has announced the appointment of Gary Fleming as its new chief executive officer.