The Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board has named Jamie Clover Adams as its new executive director, effective May 10. She takes over from John Bakker, who is set to retire as executive director after serving the asparagus industry for nearly 20 years.

It was more than three decades ago when Riveridge Produce Marketing was founded in Sparta, MI, by three partners — Don Armock, Roger Geers and the late Dan Rock Sr. — who shared a background in Michigan produce, and a vision for a different way of doing business.

When Michigan apple marketers BelleHarvest Sales Inc. and Michigan Fresh Marketing merged in 2019, the entity represented nearly 150 growers and 3 million bushels of apples.

Michigan apple lovers have a new variety to get excited about with the EverCrisp, a cross between Honeycrisp and Fuji. This late-season apple stores well and is long-lasting, boasting even better quality coming out of storage. The variety shares the sweet and crisp qualities of its parent varieties and can last for weeks without refrigeration.

Stars aligned over Michigan’s fresh apple industry to have a great shipping season.

Ken Korson, sales and apple category manager for North Bay Produce Inc., cited many positive aspects of the deal.

Applewood Fresh, a premier produce brand and fourth-generation grower-packer-shipper-marketer of Michigan apples, and The Produce Moms, one of America’s most trusted fruit and vegetable influencers, have launched a co-branded apple package just in time for fall and the holiday baking season. The new co-branded apple bags start shipping Nov. 9.