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Oxnard, CA: Modest rain is expected March 6. Daytime highs will be in the low to mid-60s through March 12 with overnight lows in the mid-40s. Bakersfield, CA: Modest rain is expected March 6. Daytime highs will be in the low to mid-60s through March 12 with overnight lows in the upper 30s to low 40s.
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March 9, 2010
  2010 Restaurant show Several produce companies took part in the 17th annual International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York. Click here to view Industry Photo pages.  Click here to view the Floral Marketing section of The Produce News.  For a list of some of the popular industry meetings and other events scheduled to take place over the next few months around the country and abroad, complete with contact information and website links, click here.
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 Mexican mango deal has slow start; big volume not expected until April In three of the last four years, the Mexican mango deal has gotten off to a fast start with at least some shipments in early February, and some marketable volume by the end of the month. This year, however, substantial volume is not expected until early April. more
 Cal Giant TV spot helps ring in spring California Giant Berry Farms in Watsonville, CA, will run a 30-second television commercial in 26 U.S. markets on March 19 heralding the first day of spring. more Brotherly love returns to Philadelphia market PHILADELPHIA - After a five-day labor strike that ran from March 1-5, management from the Philadelphia Regional Produce Market along with members of the Teamsters Local 929 announced March 8 that they reached a settlement. more SPC hosts reception for PFK retailers and sponsors Produce for Kids, an organization that promotes the benefits of healthy eating and supports worthy causes for children, celebrated the completion of its 2009 annual program and the continued support of its partner retailers and suppliers at a reception at the Southeast Produce Council's annual conference and expo. more Tariff removal sweet news for Washington apple industry Officials from Washington's apple industry are pleased with an early March announcement by the Mexican government that a tariff in place for more than a decade was removed. The 47 percent duty added approximately $10 to each box of imported Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples. more Uncle Matt's offering organic Sicilian blood oranges Uncle Matt's, based in Clermont, FL, is partnering with Agrinova, a co-op of small organic growers in Sicily, to offer premium organic Sicilian blood oranges to U.S. consumers. The oranges will be available starting the week of March 8 through early April. more Nogales deal going strong after slow start NOGALES, AZ — A season that began with the doldrums has become one of the more profitable in memory for the Nogales produce industry with the only apparent difference between brokers, growers and distributors being the amount by which they have profited from production problems in other growing regions. more Display contest a winner for apple industry and partners The National Apple Month program announced the winners of the fall 2009 National Apple Month retail and military display contests. The annual contest, which jump starts the domestic apple industry's marketing season, provided retailers and the apple industry with increased sales and gave consumers easy access to great-tasting, good-for-you apples and partner products of Marzetti Caramel Apple Dips, Smucker’s natural peanut butter and JIF natural peanut butter. more Speaker 'brings it home' at FPFC's Northern California membership luncheon PLEASANTON, CA — More than 225 produce industry professionals gathered Feb. 24 at the Castlewood Country Club, here, for the first of the Fresh Produce & Floral Council's two Northern California membership luncheon meetings in 2010. more Jim Hadley, CEO of Harold Crawford Co., dies at 66 Jim Hadley, president, chief executive officer and partner of Harold Crawford Co. Inc. in Bakersfield, CA, died Feb. 20, just one month after undergoing surgery for colon cancer. He was 66. more Northwest fruit giant results from Stemilt-Dovex merger Stemilt Growers Inc. and Dovex Marketing & Packing, both based in Wenatchee, WA, have merged to become what is arguably the leading U.S. tree fruit growing, packing and marketing operation. more
 Egalitarian focus led to explosive growth for Southeast Produce Council By Chip Carter TAMPA, FL -- Founded 10 years ago with just six members, the Southeast Produce Council is on a roll.
"We've got a great growth streak," SPC President Tom Page of Supervalu Inc. told The Produce News in mid-February. "Right now we're looking at record attendance. The word's gotten out about SPC and Southern Exposure." The council limits the number of exhibitors to 200, and this year there was a waiting list for vendors hoping for a booth.
Patriarch's coin toss led Dante Galeazzi to a career with C.H. Robinson
Two brothers, both butchers, squared off at the family farm, their father ready to toss the fateful coin. Before the coin was tossed, one brother's wife stepped forward with an announcement: she was expecting another child, her second. The other brother and his wife had but one child -- Dante Galeazzi's grandfather. |
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