Ted Kreis, marketing director for the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association in Grand Forks, ND, said that his members are enjoying strong business this winter, and there will be plenty of high-quality Red River Valley red potatoes on the market for St. Patrick’s Day.

The Southeast Produce Council has grown steadily — and remarkably — since its founding in 1999 and has never been stronger than heading into its biggest annual event, the Southern Exposure trade show at the Caribe Royale Resort & Conference Center in Orlando, FL, Feb 27 to March 2.

Awe Sum Organics, already passionate is about its produce, has taken its love of the planet beyond organic fruit and deeper into its operations.

Weis Markets today announced its board of directors has approved Jonathan Weis as company president and chief executive officer. Weis will also retain his role as company vice chairman. Previously, he had been serving as the company’s interim CEO.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Agricultural interests across the Garden State gathered the first week in February for the 2014 New Jersey Agricultural Convention & Trade Show and the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention.

This was the third year that the annual State Agricultural Convention co-located with the annual conventions of the Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Blueberry Association.

RIO RICO, AZ — “We don’t want a lot of warehousing space. I wish I needed none,” said Harry Sbragia, president of JMB Distributing Inc. “I like to get the price right and get it the hell out and to the trade. I like to get the green beans off the plant and to the housewife before rigor mortis sets in.”

Sbragia deems himself the largest green bean importer in the Nogales deal. “We specialize in green beans. We built our reputation on green beans. It’s a small, specialized deal. We have worked with the same grower for 18 years. He is doing something right. Apparently we are too.”