CrowleyFresh, Crowley Maritime Corp. and Customized Brokers’ newest cold-storage facility has been operating for only two short months, yet business at the Miami facility has grown substantially since its opening.

Nashville, TN-based Kool Logistics, a nationwide provider of perishable logistic services, recently announced the hire of CRAIG CAHILL as chief operating officer.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony held Friday, April 26, at the Gilroy, CA, headquarters of Uesugi Farms marked the official launch of a new 791-kilowatt solar-generation installation that will provide electrical power for essentially 100 percent of the facility’s needs over the course of a year, according to Pete Aiello, general manager and a partner in the company.

It is an inescapable irony that in the state of California, with unemployment at 9.2 percent (higher than all but two other states in the nation according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics), agricultural employees should be faced with a labor shortage.

Sun World International LLC, a leading grower, marketer and breeder of premium varieties of fruits and vegetables, announced plans to leverage its people, natural resources and proprietary brands behind what the Bakersfield, CA-based company calls a "world-class" business strategy defined and evaluated by its customers.

The strategy, which includes an expansion of staff expertise and production, will be driven by the organization's core values: executional excellence, innovation, authenticity, collaboration and teamwork, according to a company press release.

The Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Association is working on parallel tracks to increase acreage dedicated to the signature fruit while at the same time providing consumers with continued assurances that cantaloupes are safe to consume and enjoy this summer.