Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue has appointed seven members to serve the National Mango Board. The appointees include four new members and three returning members. Appointees will serve three-year terms running Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023, with the exception of one domestic producer appointee whose term will begin immediately and will end Dec. 31, 2021.   

The newly appointed board members include:

When the Tomato Suspension Agreement was finalized in November 2019, the Mexican tomato industry commenced planning for the TSA to go into effect in April 2020. This brought reduced plantings for the summer and fall Mexican tomato deal.

ShopRite of Hunterdon County opened its first automated micro-fulfillment center, which is designed to enhance its online ShopRite from Home service.

While the pandemic certainly changed the course of the year, it has not altered Stemilt’s efforts to partner with the Washington Apple Education Foundation to award students of local agriculture families scholarships to pursue their secondary education goals.

This year Nature Fresh Farms accepted the PC Fresh Product of the Year Award for its Ontario Greenhouse Mixiany Cherry Tomatoes.

The Kroger Family of Cos. and Ocado announced the continued expansion of their partnership with plans to construct an additional Customer Fulfillment Center in the South region, while also collaborating with Ocado on in-store fulfilment capabilities with a planned rollout across Kroger stores, beginning in 2021.