Nash Produce is looking forward to Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Innovations show for a variety of reasons.

South 40 Snacks came onto the scene in 2019 with honesty at its core, reflected in its simple product, limited ingredients, transparent packaging and a nostalgic vibe suggestive of a simpler time.

For the third year, Trucco  and Medrano have joined forces to help fund research for a cure to fight childhood cancer.

In recognition of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Trucco announced its Produce for Life 7 initiative, created in collaboration with Medrano Produce.

Why is it that supermarket produce departments look so great at 2 p.m. and slip into an unfortunate collapse by 6 p.m.?

A shopper enters a produce department and picks up a few yellow and red peppers then suddenly places them back on the display. That same customer then handles several bunches of broccoli and puts them back. She now wants some Romaine lettuce, but the display is empty and messy. Then that shopper finally leaves without buying anything.

Agrokasa Holdings S.A., a leading vertically integrated grower, packer and distributor of avocados, table grapes, blueberries and asparagus, along with its subsidiary Sociedad Agricola Drokasa S.A., announced Sept. 8 that it has entered into an agreement to sell 100 percent of its interest in Agrokasa to agro-industrial conglomerate Grupo HAME.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on Tyler’s Pride Produce LLC of Kenner, LA, for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.