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.

The crop shift from one farming area to another is in a conversion phase. This has caused a slightly lighter supply of some items that may last until the middle of January. However, there should be some steady items available to promote in ads right now.

Family-owned Wada Farms, one of the nation’s largest suppliers of fresh potatoes, onions and sweet potatoes, is headed to the New York Produce Show where it will be showcasing its entire commodity and services portfolio.

“The New York Produce Show always is a fun and exciting venue to exhibit at for Wada Farms,” said Eric Beck, director of marketing for the Idaho Falls, ID-based company. “We look forward to having discussions with new and current customers on how we can best service the needs of a demanding and dynamic supply chain.”