The designation of March as Women’s History Month perfectly aligns with the start of this year’s California avocado season, which presented the concept to interview the three women that currently sit on the California Avocado Commission.

Gold Coast Packing is a family business that was started by two long-time friends, Ron Burk and Bob Espinola. Both owners have been actively involved in the company since its inception and still have a large role in the business. Throughout the years, both Burk’s and Espinola’s children have joined the company and remain as leaders of the business.

Lytone Enterprise Inc. just announced a novel liquid fertilizer aiming to improve crop growth and quality by providing natural trace elements.

The newly launched ferlizer, Azolyte, consisting of not only macro-nutrients such as phosphorous, potassium and magnesium, which have been proven necessary for plant growth, but also a series of multiple elemental nutrients, many of which can only be found in oceanic sediments. These trace elements are believed to be beneficial for plant physiology as well as growth.

Grimmway Farms announced that David Bright has joined the team as vice president of marketing. Bright will direct marketing functions for all product lines at Grimmway, including the Cal-Organic Farms and Bunny-Luv brands as well as the company’s foodservice, industrial and ingredients divisions.

Whole Foods Market and Headspace have combined their expertise to help revitalize consumers’ overall well-being this spring. The cross-platform collaboration includes a mood-brightening IGTV recipe series called Food for Mood, three new meditations focused on mindful shopping, cooking and eating and a one-month free trial of Headspace Plus.

Ippolito International has launched two new organic Brussels sprouts products in its Queen Victoria fresh produce brand. Addressing consumer needs for packaged produce and convenience, each of the items brings added value to the category.