Sprouts Farmers Market Inc. announced that J. Scott Neal will join the company as chief fresh merchandising officer, effective June 15, 2020. Neal will report directly to Sprouts Chief Executive Officer Jack Sinclair and will oversee Sprouts’ fresh merchandise offerings.

Center for Growing Talent’s Virtual Wellness Walk and Run Challenge has been bringing together the produce and floral industry even in this time apart to participate in a shared opportunity to promote individual health, team building all while supporting attraction and development of the next generation of industry talent.    

Westfalia Fruit International Ltd. announced that industry veteran Johnathan Sutton has been appointed to fill the newly created role of executive of safety and environment for the multinational Group.

Sutton is tasked with driving the avocado experts toward greater heights of sustainability, refining systems and protocols to ensure optimal levels of compliance with regard to environmental impact, food safety, and the health and safety of employees.

The epic storytelling of Pixar Animation Studios is the inspiration for an eight-month Dole celebration of healthy living as well as the very real stories behind the millions of parents, grandparents and others now building healthier, happier families at home.

With a good crop of peaches being thinned for size and quality, New Jersey growers — like most farmers — are working under new protocols to protect farm workers’ health during the virus pandemic while using stringent food safety regulations.   

“Growing peaches is a labor intensive process, said Santo John Maccherone, owner of Circle M Farms near Salem, NJ. “We strive to grow the very best peaches without cutting corners on the process of food safety and a safe environment for our workers.“

As was often the case nationally, the spring shipping season for Farmer’s Best International LLC, brought a series of new experiences. Sasha Lewton, the firm’s sales manager, said everyone at his firm is pleased that 2020’s early months are history. But now, there should be plenty of good news for the firm.

On June 4, Lewton said the third season of shipping from the company’s new farm and packinghouse in the Mexican highlands of San Luis Potosi is was well under way.