Trucco, which has its sales office on the Hunts Point Terminal Market in New York City, traces its roots to 1937 and Washington Street Produce Market in downtown Manhattan. Dried fruits and nuts were among its first product with chestnuts being a mainstay when the AJ Trucco company was formed in 1961.

A biochemistry professor at Texas State University and his students began working about a decade ago on an all-natural way to slow the decaying process and extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.

With a crop estimate of 78 million cartons, the California navel orange season is under way with a good deal of optimism. The crop is said to be very clean with 2 percent more volume than last year.

With good citrus supplies across the board, Sunkist Growers is offering many promotional opportunities, especially around the dawn of 2025.

For Giovanni Cavaletto, the period from October to May is a great time of the year.

“For the next six or seven months, Mexico will be in the heart of its avocado season,” said the CEO of U.S.-based GLC Cerritos Inc., which is the sales arm for Grupo Aguacatero Los Cerritos. “We will be in peak production from now until early May.”