The United Fresh Start Foundation has launched the Season of Giving Back, a month-long celebration recognizing the charitable efforts of the produce industry and their partners this year in support the Foundation’s mission to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables for children and their families.

Ocean Mist Farms is changing perception of artichokes season. The company, headquartered in Castroville, CA, has been growing artichokes in Coachella for a number of years, but it has recently invested in a consumer-focused promotion that is designed to increase sales of artichokes in the winter.

Produce Marketing Association has announced a pair of virtual meetings to discuss the current state of produce safety in the industry which includes discussion of outbreaks in leafy greens and proposed FDA regulation.  The meetings are planned specifically to engage experts to speak candidly about what is working, what is not working, and what the industry and regulatory partners can do to proactively enhance produce safety. 

Gumz Farms Sales Agent Doug Bulgrin recently gave a positive update of the 2020-21 onion shipping season, noting the Endeavor, WI, operation was seeing good demand and excellent movement ahead of the holidays.

“Movement has been exceptional, and, we definitely are benefiting from people cooking at home,” Bulgrin said about consumer trends as the pandemic continues.

Everfresh Packaging, a leading flexible packaging supplier of high-quality, innovative products specifically designed for the food industry, has launched a new website.

Martin L. Eubanks worked passionately and tirelessly for more than 30 years at the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, where he helped to promote all the bounty that the Palmetto State has to offer, to consumers within his state as well as to those in the region and beyond.