As the wedding season approaches, it’s a crucial time for florists. The flowers you choose and arrange play a big part in making weddings beautiful and memorable. Rio Roses has some tips to help prepare floral businesses and make this season a blooming success!

Progressive Produce's California flat sweet onions are officially in season. The company and its division, Keystone Fruit Marketing, are known for their comprehensive year-round sweet onion program that features a variety of onions from around the globe, including Vidalia's, Walla Walla and Mayan Sweets from Peru and Mexico. The addition of California flat sweet onions from Progressive Farms introduces a local variety known for its exceptional taste and versatility.

In our Market Minute earlier in the month we noted that the California stone fruit crop was looking good and that the supply volume would be plentiful to support promotions. Well, the quality of the fruit is outstanding as usual with good color and sizing. We are already seeing some nice promotable ads by a number of retailers.

As potatoes hold the title as America’s favorite vegetable for the ninth year in a row, Side Delights Amazables! are an oven crispy-skin style microwavable U.S. No.1 grade Russet potato available with two custom sauces created exclusively by Litehouse, a leader in dressings, dips and sauces.

After nearly five decades of dedicated service in the produce industry, Woody Dunkum bids farewell to ADS Management and his illustrious career, excitedly embracing a new chapter of leisure and adventure in retirement.

Dunkum wore an abundance of hats throughout his produce career. His journey began with Purity Supreme Supermarkets in Massachusetts, spending 12 years working his way up to head produce buyer and sales manager. He then joined ADS Management, a family of produce companies that includes Hapco Farms, ADS, Freshouse and MR Farms, all owned by Andy Pollak.

Things are heating up at Consalo Family Farms. Officials at the vertically integrated grower, packer, shipper, importer and distributor say the springtime brings the usual state of optimism about the farming business and the opportunity to again get their high-quality products to market.