The Fresh Solutions Network, represented by Basin Gold Cooperative, Mack Farms and Sterman Masser Potato Farms, will exhibit their branded Side Delights fresh potatoes, as well as a new line of spuds, at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure trade show, March 4 in Orlando, FL.

Shuman Farms will be exhibiting at Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show and team members from its sales, marketing and operations departments will be attending. In addition, the company’s Healthy Family Project team will also be exhibiting.

Shuman Farms will be in booth No. 1019 and Healthy Family Project will be in booth No. 1114.

El Grupo Crespo is seeing a good start to the 2023 Mexican mango season, with excitement about a large, high-quality crop and a new item in its lineup: organic dried mangoes.

Nissa Pierson, who handles marketing for the company’s Crespo organic and RCF conventional mangoes, said favorable weather in southern Mexico is leading to optimism for this season’s crop.

After spending nearly a decade researching and developing the latest technology to grow crops at 350 times the yield of conventional field-grown greens, UP Vertical Farms has launched its inaugural facility in Pitt Meadows, BC, alongside its sales and marketing partner Oppy.

James J. Shanley, 61, of Morro Bay, California, died tragically in a swimming accident while on vacation in Costa Rica on Feb. 15.

Mr. Shanley was born on July 23, 1961 in Streator, IL, the son of John F. (Jack) Shanley and Patricia (Brennan) Shanley. He graduated from Rockford Boylan High School in 1979 and The University of Illinois-Champaign in 1983.

Superfresh Growers will expand its sweet cherry production by 30 percent this summer, thanks to the addition of a state-of-the-art packingline.