Liberty Fruit in Kansas City, KS, received the 2012 Business Philanthropist of the Year Award from the Mid-America Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

While there are many snacks in the market that claim to be healthy, Setton International is taking action to show what sets its snack options apart from others.

The Commack, NY-based company has partnered with the American Heart Association and is labeling its pistachios with the AHA’s Heart-Check Mark seal to indicate they are heart healthy.

Consumers are often confused by all the different messages they see on packaging, but the AHA seal helps consumers quickly, easily and correctly identify heart-healthy foods.

AMADO, AZ — Wholesum Family Farms Inc., a major player in organic produce, has opened state-of-the-art greenhouses in this small town in southern Arizona.

The company, known as Wholesum Harvest, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 10 for its 12-acre facility here that employs 350 and is just 30 minutes up Interstate 19 from the sister cities of Nogales, AZ, and Nogales, Sonora, a commercial and logistical hub of North American produce.

The United Fresh Foundation, through the Center for Leadership Excellence, is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Retail Produce Manager Awards program.

Established in 2005 by founding sponsor Ready Pac Foods Inc., the program will honor 25 outstanding retail produce managers at the United Fresh 2013 convention May 14-16 in San Diego.

Citing excellent response to the USA Onions' tailgate promotion on Facebook, Sherise Jones, marketing director for the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee, said in mid-November that cookbooks are being sent out at a rate of one a day.

The 375-page "Time to Grill" cookbooks showcase recipes from Weber-Stephen, the makers of Weber grills and grill products.

And in addition to covering virtually every menu segment, the recipes prominently feature onions, which put the jumbo Spanish Sweets from Idaho-Eastern Oregon in the spotlight.

CHEP, a leading provider of managed pallet pooling solutions, announced a new contract for shipping platform solutions with Del Monte Fresh Produce, one of the nation’s larger marketers and distributors of high-quality fresh and fresh-cut fruit and vegetables.