The Southeast Produce Council has announced its officers for 2020-21. They are Harold Paivarinta of Red Sun Farms as chairman of the board of directors, Raina Nelson of Renaissance Food Group as vice chairman, Tim Graas of Associated Wholesale Grocers as secretary and Mike Roberts of Harp's Food Stores as treasurer.

G&R Farms has updated its brand image and logo as part of a new strategic direction to elevate the company’s identity as a leading supplier of sweet onions.   

In an effort to expand its mission to create a healthier generation, Produce for Kids®’ consumer-facing brand is changing to Healthy Family Project. The organization is dedicated to continuing to deliver the resources its audience seeks and extend its effectiveness for current and new partners as it moves into the healthy lifestyle space. The Produce for Kids brand will remain focused within grocery retail, aligning with produce companies to execute in-store campaigns throughout the year.

Hot on the heels of Amazon’s “delivery-only” store launch in Brooklyn, online grocer Farmstead announced today that in addition to expanding its own “Farmstead” brand nationally, it's now making its in-house grocery delivery software Grocery OS available to other national and regional grocers, to help those grocers combat Amazon’s national threat.

Offering Fair Trade Certified produce since 2004, Oppy has generated $4.4 million in premiums in the last half dozen years, and plans to make even greater impact by adding Peruvian blueberries packed under the iconic Ocean Spray brand to its program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.