With an aggressive growth strategy planned for the next five years, Vineland Growers Co-operative Ltd. is positioned to be one of the larger growers of nectarines in Canada and on the Eastern Seaboard.

Vineland is a major stone fruit packer in Eastern Canada and sells over 55 percent of the Ontario stone fruit crop. It provides sales service for its members for stone fruit and fresh market grapes, selling fruit across Canada.

Gregory Connell, co-owner of Clarity Marketing and former retail and wholesale professional, is stepping up his involvement with Nova Scotia-based TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture Ltd.

As an advisor for TruLeaf, Mr. Connell has helped lead its market-development activities to date. Mr. Connell will also help oversee and lead the development of its farm operations and consumer products using alternative farming methods in the interest of year-round supply, freshness and sustainability.

Nogales, AZ-based Ciruli Bros.

Kurt Zuhlke & Associates will be exhibiting at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention & Trade Show in Toronto April 17-19. Kurt Zuhlke, owner and president of the company, will be there to greet customers and prospective customers. He will be presenting the company’s entire line of clamshells, liners, films, corrugated materials and other packaging options.

Nichole Towell, director of marketing for Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc., headquartered in Oviedo, FL, told The Produce News that the company is looking forward to the Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention & Trade Show in Toronto April 17-19.

Wish Farms, located in the heart of strawberry country in Plant City, FL, is moving forward with an array of quality produce and exciting marketing programs in 2013. The company, which has been growing quality produce since 1922, is now third-generation owned.

“In Florida, we grow and/or market strawberries, blueberries, bell peppers, pickles/Kirby cucumbers, grape tomatoes, eggplant, squash and other seasonal vegetables,” President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Wishnatzki told The Produce News March 19.