Minnesota Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar recently paid a visit to J&J Distributing, St. Paul, Minn., to recognize the company’s efforts to conserve energy and create jobs.
09/07/2010 12:15PM
By
Bruce Blythe
Chiquita Brands International Inc., Dole Food Co. and Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. were among 48 food companies that received Federal Trade Commission subpoenas last month requesting more information on their marketing efforts to children.
09/07/2010 12:07PM
By
Mike Hornick
Research that’s produced a draft genome sequence of the domestic apple will make it possible to breed new varieties, but short-term applications for grower-shippers is likely to come in new treatments for crop disorders such as bitter pit.
09/04/2010 09:08PM
By
Mike Hornick
Scott Salyer, former owner of Monterey-based SK Foods, is free on bail after family and friends offered houses and personal property as collateral.
The bulk of the $5.7 million in property came from Salyer's sister Linda Lee, who put up three homes worth more than $4 million, attorney Malcom Segal said.
09/04/2010 12:13PM
By
Mike Hornick
As her Sept. 3 tour of a Salinas, Calif., strawberry field ended, Food and Drug Administration commissioner Margaret Hamburg heard a plea for the FDA to end use of the term “berries” as a food safety category.
Grower Rafael Tejeda and Watsonville-based California Strawberry Commission president Mark Murai led Hamburg and a group including Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., and Scott Horsfall, chief executive officer of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, on a tour of food safety practices during harvest at Santa Paz Farms.
09/03/2010 02:54PM
By
Tom Karst
SUN VALLEY, IDAHO — Leveraging a potential run to a national championship, the Idaho Potato Commission has huddled up with the Boise State University Broncos in a football-themed promotion that is kicking off Labor Day.
Frank Muir, president of the Eagle-based Idaho Potato Commission, presented the commission’s marketing programs on Sept. 2 at the Idaho Grower Shipper Association convention. The commission has partnered with Boise State University (the Broncos are ranked in the top 5 in numerous polls) and the University of Idaho football programs.
09/03/2010 02:07PM
By
Chloe' Robbins
The Organic Trade Association is moving its headquarters from Greenfield, Mass., to Brattleboro, Vt., this fall.
Mike Hornick, who most recently covered agriculture and other beats for The Salinas Californian, joined the paper Sept. 2. He succeeds Dawn Withers, who resigned in May to attend law school.
09/03/2010 12:17PM
By
Chloe' Robbins
The United Fresh Produce Association launched a new mobile application for Android, Apple and BlackBerry to keep produce industry members up to date on industry news and events.
Following what Star Produce is calling a “strategic partnership” with BC Hot House, some BC Hot House executives, including its president, are leaving the company to join Houweling’s Hot House Group.