David McGurn of Performance Foodservice and his Congee with Brulee Berries and Quick Berry Pickles earned the  People’s Choice Award for California Giant Berry Farms' 2023 Chef Invitational. The company also named four additional finalists for the competition:

BuzzFeed Inc. launched “Botatouille,” an AI-powered culinary companion designed by Tasty to revolutionize the cooking, meal prep and shopping experience for Tasty's global community. In the Tasty app, users can have a real-time conversation with “Botatouille,” a chatbot, by asking cooking questions like: what recipes can I make with the ingredients in my fridge?; how long do you cook salmon?; and how do you clean cast iron?

Ocean Mist Farms hired veteran agricultural industry marketer Lori Bigras as its communications manager. With this hiring, Ocean Mist Farms has brought on an experienced professional with over 20 years in the produce industry.

Giorgio Fresh Co. has a long-standing tradition of growing high-quality mushrooms to fit customers’ needs.

Russo Farms are growers, buyers and shippers of fresh produce, and have been in business for more than a century, with retailers being its primary customer base.

Its primary crops are cilantro, dill, parsley, green onions, kale, collards, Swiss chard, beets, radishes, bok choy, cabbages and Napa cabbage. 

The company also owns and operates its own trucks for delivery, and ship via direct grower relationships in New Jersey, dealing in sweet corn, peppers, squash, cucumbers, pickles and hot peppers.

Technology is great — until it isn’t. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal reported that the movement toward high-tech indoor farming has — to put it mildly — slowed. Perhaps with good reason.