Church Brothers Farms has hired Mishalin Modena as director of sustainability and corporate engagement. Modena has more than 16 years of experience in the produce industry, acting in both business development and marketing roles. She most recently served as senior business development manager at Bunzl USA/Destiny Packaging, where she worked closely with customers and her supply chain to source and develop innovative and sustainable packaging solutions.

Shuman Farms’ roots are in Georgia, as the family-owned company has been farming in Southeast Georgia through two generations.

In the late 1990s, John Shuman restarted the family farm and has grown the organization into one of the largest growers and shippers of sweet onions in the world. Despite its growth and success, Shuman Farms remains a family-owned business at heart focusing on its four foundational pillars — serve, sustain, innovate and give back.

Some days, going to the grocery store can seem intimidating while walking through the aisles with thousands of products to choose from. When it comes to healthy foods, it may be difficult to know if you are making food choices that align with your goals, and choosing organics may just be what you’ve been looking for.

This season, Rivermaid Trading is drawing attention to its California Cherries, backed by the same quality assurance as the state’s No.1 grower-shipper of its renowned California Pears. Kyle Persky, sales manager at Rivermaid said, “We had good chill and good conditions — all of those things set us up for some really high-quality eating fruit.”

The 2023 CPMA Chair's Reception brought together the best of the produce industry to kick off this year's CPMA Convention and Trade Show in Toronto, ON. The city was alive with activity as attendees gathered at Steam Whistle Brewin to reconnect and with friends and colleagues.

Ongoing inflation continued to impact organic fresh produce sales in the first quarter of 2023 as overall dollar sales grew by slightly less than 1 percent, and volume declined by 3.4 percent from the same year-over-year period, according to the Q1 2023 Organic Produce Performance Report released by Organic Produce Network and Category Partners.