As California's citrus season draws to a close, the Bee Sweet Citrus sales team has turned its focus to its summer citrus line.

Apple growers, packers and shippers across the United States now have access to a remarkable new tool in post-harvest preservation: MaTri Powder, a high-quality 1-MCP solution that delivers premium produce protection with do-it-yourself convenience.

Backed by years of global trust and industry use, MaTri Powder arrives at a time when the stakes have never been higher. 

The International Fresh Produce Association commended the Senate Appropriations Committee for advancing legislation that fully funds the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children Cash Value Benefit for fiscal year 2026. 

Joel Nelsen, who spent almost the entirety of his produce career as an association executive, including 37 years with California Citrus Mutual, died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 78.

Mr. Nelsen was born in San Diego on Sept. 27, 1946, and died on July 1, 2025, while traveling to pick up his 12-year-old grandson for an extended California stay.

Wonderful Pistachios has partnered with Buffalo Bills star quarterback and pistachios farmer Josh Allen, uniting the NFL’s reigning Most Valuable Player with America’s No. 1 nut brand. A native of California’s Central Valley, where Wonderful Pistachios are grown and processed, Allen is part of a fourth-generation farming family whose crops include pistachios. 

The California Fresh Fruit Association has hired Clayton Smith to serve as its new director of government relations. He comes to the association after serving as a legislative assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“On behalf of CFFA’s leadership, we are thrilled to welcome Clayton to the Association," said CFFA Board Chairwoman Melissa Frank of the Wonderful Company. "His experience working in Washington, DC, along with his background and education will be of great value to our membership.”