Oppy has recently acquired a 65 percent stake in Eco Farms, a leading avocado grower since 1972 and one of the first to grow and market organic avocados in the U.S.

Watching customers shop the produce department can be an enlightening experience. The way they handle or touch certain items can send silent messages that are often missed.

With working and learning from home a new reality for many consumers across the nation, now more than ever the need for fresh, convenient, ready-to-eat meals is surging. FiveStar Gourmet Foods knew it could help and developed Simply Fresh 2Go, its first product line targeted concurrently to both retail and school foodservice channels. With 12 new SKUs, each meal is nutritionally compliant to meet strict national school lunch dietary standards.

To help move the produce industry away from plastic and increase recyclability, Markon Cooperative’s new cardboard, fully recyclable strawberry clamshell is now available to foodservice operators.
 
The innovative package, designed for its Markon First Crop two-pound strawberries, is made with food grade adhesives and printed with vegetable-based inks. The clamshell is 100 percent recyclable within operators’ existing recycling options.
 

Generation Farms, a grower-shipper of premium-quality conventional and organic fruits and vegetables, launched a redesigned website, focused on the company’s vision for the future of fresh produce.

The website, created by Moxxy Marketing to present Generation Farms to retail and foodservice customers, tells the story from humble beginnings growing onions in Vidalia, GA, in 1974, to today becoming a global leader at the forefront of modernizing the produce industry.

As the first-ever nonprofit recipient of the annual SUNSETRocks event during the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit, Brighter Bites announced today it has raised over $130,000 from nine generous industry sponsors. Mastronardi Produce (SUNSET®) and Enza Zaden are the lead sponsors committing funds, as well as additional matching funds for contributions raised throughout the virtual event.