Two longtime western U.S. produce operations have formed a new marketing and sales company in Idaho Falls, ID.

Eagle Eye Produce and Taylor Produce, both Idaho-based, launched their combined operation Oct. 1 under the Eagle Eye Produce name.

According to Newman Giles, president of the existing Eagle Eye Produce and also president of the new company, Taylor Produce will continue to operate as a shipper-packer.

"We formed the new marketing company to handle sales for both operations," he said.

As a fourth-generation member of the farming Grigg family, Holly Starr Grigg is knowledgeable and comfortable in the agricultural setting of Quincy, WA, and a life that includes onions, sweet corn, potatoes, hay and sugar beets.

In fact, she regularly posts on Facebook updates on harvest and her involvement in the Quincy-based Grigg & Sons operation.

What a beautiful and diverse landscape there is in Colorado. And like its neighboring state of New Mexico, Colorado has its own hunger needs. Feeding Colorado, an association of five Feeding America food banks, supplies food to over 1,500 agencies in 64 counties. In fact, one out of every eight Coloradans struggles with food insecurity.

Sev-Rend Corp., a Collinsville, IL-based manufacturer of high-performance packaging solutions, will unveil a new product at the Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit international convention and exposition that addresses a variety of food-safety challenges with a single solution.

BioSafe Systems, a provider of crop protection and food-safety solutions headquartered in East Hartford, CT, will be featuring its new FogTunnel produce treatment system and the comprehensive "Field to Fork" food-safety program at the Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit Oct. 15-18 in Orlando, FL.

The nearly continual daisy-chain of tropical weather systems that has moved across the Atlantic Ocean this summer has held Central American producers at full attention.

Tropical Storm Alex hit central Belize June 27, bringing severe thunderstorms and winds of 40-60 mph.

Tropical Storm Karl hit northern Belize Sept. 15, delivering severe thunderstorms and winds of 40-60 mph. Karl later turned into a Category 3 hurricane before hitting Veracruz, Mexico.