Danziger, a global leader in bedding plants, cut flowers and foliage production, is announcing the first dedicated rooting station for its Floresta foliage program. The company is partnering with Moss Hill Foliage, a wholesale grower of tropicals, based in Apopka, FL.

Goldenberry Farms has expanded its mixed-origin organic and conventional lime program, featuring expanded growing regions in Meta and Santander, Colombia.  

The focus of this multi-origin program is sustainability and minimizing gaps that can occur from single-origin commodity items.

The American Floral Endowment announced that it is awarding $63,990 in Educational Grants to 19 organizations in 2023-24.This funding will help these organizations host conferences, teach students and educators about the floral industry, offer programs such as greenhouse training and florist certification classes, promote sustainability practices and more.

Setton Farms will be exhibiting at the New York Produce Show this year at booth No. 237, where members of its sales and marketing teams and its Northeast broker team will be sampling new products and discussing plans for 2024.

Alex Holt has been appointed Ahold Delhaize's chief sustainability officer and a member of the executive committee of Ahold Delhaize, effective no later than June 1, 2024. Holt succeeds Jan Ernst de Groot, Ahold Delhaize’s chief legal officer and chief sustainability officer, who will retire May 31, 2024.

The American Date Industry Export Trade Association is hosting USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator Daniel Whitley Wednesday, Dec. 6.

Whitley will address the date industry and other specialty crop groups on the Regional Agricultural Product Promotion funding as well as other key initiatives the department is working on for export support.