National Nutrition Month is celebrated during March and the annual campaign, created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, promotes nutrition education and invites the public to learn how to develop healthy eating habits and make informed food choices. This makes it the perfect campaign for the produce industry to take advantage of.

NORTH BERGEN, NJ -- Anthony Serafino breezed through his company’s busy warehouse on a Monday morning in January, effortlessly shifting gears between speaking about EXP Group’s bustling business and directing workers who were busy building out an 8,600-square-foot expansion to the facility.

“This expansion will bring us to 62,000 square feet of warehouse space, and we just recently added 2,400 square feet of office space, so we are poised for growth,” he said.

You don’t have to go searching through United Fresh’s more than 100 years of history to find perhaps the greatest impact of its role as conduit of the produce industry. It’s been on full display during the past turbulent year and continues each day as the industry curator connects the perishable supply chain in innovative ways during the pandemic.

To John Chamberlain, who recently retired after serving as vice president of global marketing for the Santa Paula, CA-based Limoneira Company, a good story is the key to an effective marketing campaign.

His life and career are clearly worthy of that ideology.

Duncan Family Farms, a leading family-owned, multi-regional grower of over 9,000 acres of certified organic produce, announced Will Feliz has been appointed CEO, and co-founder Arnott Duncan has assumed the position of chairman.

DNO Produce Inc., a leading wholesale distributor and fresh-cut produce processor in central Ohio, has hired Melissa Rogner as its marketing director.