Brighter Bites is growing its network of strategic partnerships in the southwest Florida market. These collaborations with local produce and logistics partners, community foundations and generous donors are central to the nonprofit’s mission of fostering healthier communities and providing access to fresh, nutritious food and nutrition education to under-resourced families in Lee and Collier County.
 

The opening up of a new dam in northern Mexico has led to more irrigated mango orchards in that area, which has helped Nogales, AZ-based Ciruli Bros. extend the season for the yellow mangos it has been marketing for two decades under the Champagne moniker.

It was a record-breaking month for online grocery sales. According to the most recent Brick Meets Click Grocery Shopper Survey, the online grocery segment jumped 31 percent versus last year, ending February 2025 with $10.3 billion in monthly sales, and more than 80 million households placed one or more eGrocery orders during the month.

The California Fresh Fruit Association began its new fiscal year Monday, March 10, during the Annual Membership Breakfast at the 89th Annual Meeting, which took place at the Ojai Valley Inn.

The Cowart family has been engaged in farming since the early 1980s, spanning five generations. Currently, the farm is managed by Jim P. Cowart along with his two sons, Jimmy and Anthony Cowart. Together, they cultivate a little more than 500 acres of Vidalia onions each year.

With more than 30 years of experience in cultivating exceptionally sweet onions in Toombs County, Ga., the company possesses the expertise necessary for successful onion production.

Sunkist Growers acquired a minority stake in Sienz, a global leader in fruit and vegetable packinghouse technology. With this strategic investment, Sienz assumed full responsibility for providing critical parts, service and ongoing support to Sunkist’s packinghouse equipment customers worldwide.