Divine Flavor has made a commitment to its retail partners to offer a consistent, year-round supply of organic options for its lineup — and it’s getting closer and closer to achieving that each year.

Launched in 2016 as the first fresh produce trade show devotes entirely to the organic sector, the Organic Produce Summit is still blazing the trail as it will host its ninth annual event in Monterey, CA, July 9-10.

Established in 2004 as an organic produce distributor and rebranded in 2019, Happy Dirt has evolved as a significant North Carolina-based organic produce wholesaler that is experiencing rapid growth in the sector.

Pat Bayor, vice president of sales and purchasing, revealed that the company was founded as Eastern Carolina Organics by Sandi Kronick with a limited product line, but it has since expanded its offerings and is now owned by two staff members and 16 North Carolina farmers.

Beginning in mid-June and lasting deep into the summer, the Duke blueberry variety from New Jersey is a very important factor in the year-round blueberry program for Trucco Inc., which is headquartered on New York Hunts Point Market in the Bronx.

With 10 different options during the peak of its summer season, Dulcinea-branded melons will offer many promotional opportunities for retailers over the next several months.

Jeff Nichols, senior manager of supply operations and a sales executive for Los Angeles-based Pacific Trellis Fruit, which markets the Dulcinea Farms products, told The Produce News in mid-May that the plethora of melons would be on retailers’ shelves soon.

Trucco Inc., which is approaching its 60th anniversary on New York’s Hunts Point Terminal Market, continues to thrive with its core products, but it also has an eye toward growth with continued expansion.