Azusa, California – Welcome back to the garden! Spring is just around the corner and Monrovia is offering a new way to jump-start your season. The new Ultimate Spring Planning Guide has everything you need to spark creativity and develop the outdoor living space of your dreams.

Frutura has signed a licensing agreement with The Coca-Cola Co. This is the first time The Coca-Cola Co. has licensed one of its brands for use within the fresh produce category. The deal allows Frutura to use Minute Maid and Simply brands, which will be exclusively deployed by Frutura’s Dayka & Hackett LLC.

ProAmpac, a leader in flexible packaging and material science, joined with Scotts Miracle-Gro, Metropolitan Tea and Purition to celebrate receiving five 2023 

Derrick Jenkins, former vice president of produce and floral at Wakefern Food Corp., died April 14 after a battle with cancer. He was 64.

Mr. Jenkins spent nearly 40 years at Wakefern, joining the company in 1982 as a temporary junior accountant for the produce division. He rose through the ranks, working as an analyst, buyer, produce manager, senior produce manager and procurement manager before being named vice president of produce and floral. He retired from the Keasbey, NJ-based company in 2020.

U.S. Customs & Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry intercepted 3.52 million fentanyl pills weighing 776 pounds concealed within a shipment of green beans, worth an estimated street value of $21.12 million.

On Monday, at approximately 7:21 p.m., CBP officers encountered a 48-year-old male driver of a tractor trailer, with a shipment manifested as green beans. During initial inspection, a CBP officer referred the driver and cargo load for an intensive agriculture inspection.

For retailers, nothing is more important than having ripe fruit on display each and every day. But is it enough to justify the investment in ripening rooms? Few know the answer to this question better than Gary Campisi, former head of quality control for produce, floral, meat and seafood at Walmart and Sam’s Club.

What’s the importance of having ripe bananas on display for retailers?