The Jersey Fresh program turns 40 this year and during that time we’ve met a lot of retailers looking for top-quality products that are fresh from our farms and orchards. Last year during peach season, our peach farmers met a lot of new customers. We hope all of you enjoyed the Jersey Fresh peaches last season and will want to source from the Garden State again this year. Our growers are expecting a full crop of yellow and white peaches and nectarines from now through Labor Day and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture stands by them to help promote availability of their products.

The next generation of the floral industry is getting ready to kick-start their hands-on internships at top production and retail operations around the country through AFE’s Vic & Margaret Ball Intern Scholarship Program and Mosmiller Intern Scholarship Program.

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture reports that yellow flesh peaches comprise 90 percent of New Jersey’s output of peaches, white flesh varieties make up 4 percent and the newer doughnut, or flat peaches, are still only a blip in overall production at 1 percent.

The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council funds research on new peach and nectarine variety development and the handling in storage and market.

Infinite Herbs is opening a new warehouse in Chicago as part of its 20th anniversary celebration. This significant expansion will support the company's growing footprint in the Midwest region and reinforce its commitment to providing high-quality products to retailers, wholesalers and foodservice companies.

For many years officials at Nardelli Bros. used its Fresher by Miles slogan to make sure that people in the eastern half of the nation knew they were getting produce from their New Jersey farms much faster than they would from California, other West Coast operations and imports.

With many years of produce expertise and experience, the Catania Worldwide team likes to focus in on select opportunities to expand the company’s reach.