A couple of years ago, 27-year-old Megan Shanley was happily working away at Driscoll Strawberry Associates as a category development specialist at the company’s category management office in Olathe, KS.

SAN DIEGO — IFCO Systems, a global leader in reusable plastic containers for fresh products, made a donation of RPCs to support Feeding America San Diego's "School's Out, Hunger is Not" program following the United Fresh Produce Association convention May 14-16, here. FASD's program looks to meet the needs of school kids during the summer.

United Fresh and Feeding America have long partnered to prevent fresh produce from going to waste. After this year’s expo in San Diego, more than 30 volunteers helped collect donations from the convention floor to benefit those in need serviced by Feeding America San Diego’s partner agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens and other emergency feeding centers.

California produce marketer DJ Forry is set to release its new Forry's Finest Sweet Bursts pomegranate arils.

Sweet Bursts will arrive to market in a new two-serving tub package configuration. This new aril package represents the latest in a line of stand-up pouch offerings, which include California grapes, cherries and stone fruit.

Students and teachers from high schools in Rowan County, NC, are engaged in a new project that seeks to bring science and math concepts alive through agriculture. They are taking a leap from their textbooks to hands-on learning at an outdoor laboratory with access to world-class researchers.

KENT, CT — The Davis IGA supermarket, here, has experienced a big jump in produce sales since it completed a major renovation and remodeling project that touched all areas of the store, especially the fresh produce department, according to one of the company’s owners.