When the family name is also the brand name, it puts a lot more pressure on making sure everything is done correctly. After all, the family’s reputation is at stake.

That is the stance Bill Nardelli Sr. takes when talking about Nardelli Lake View Farms, a Cedarville, NJ-based producer of about 80 different vegetable commodities.

The California Leafy Green Marketing Agreement has been bringing farmers together to make lettuce and leafy greens safer for 17 years. At a meeting on Thursday, March 30, the California LGMA appointed its new advisory board, which will serve for the next two years, and elected new board leadership.

The newly elected board leadership includes Jan Berk of San Miguel Produce as chair; Matt Amaral of D’Arrigo Bros. of California as vice chair and Chris Drew of Ocean Mist farms as secretary-treasurer.

RedLine Solutions announced the availability of MyProduce Professional version 4.0.531, which is an important upgrade with many highly anticipated features.

“This upgrade is both an important milestone for improving our produce customer’s product traceability as well as chance for us to add new functionality based on customer requests,” said Todd Baggett, CEO of RedLine Solutions, based in Santa Clara, CA.

In 2018, NASA began using PEAKfresh USA’s modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) for produce items being sent to and stored at the International Space Station. Today, five years later, the ISS is still using that packaging to protect its produce and keep its astronauts healthy and fed.

“We’re happy to say that they are still using our product for every shipment of produce sent to the ISS — something that makes us very proud,” said Sally Anderson, vice president of marketing and operations for the Lake Forest, CA-based company.

Weis Markets added a variety of new virtual nutrition programs to its monthly schedule for April. Sessions, which are free to Weis Rewards Card holders, are designed by Weis Markets’ team of registered dietitians to accommodate a variety of customer needs and inspire their next meal.

A new generation of leaders has graduated from the Hass Avocado Board Board Leadership Development (BOLD) program with specialized training and real-world experience that ensures a stronger future for the industry. The robust, year-long program exposes emerging leaders from across the supply chain to experts and resources essential to forming a well-rounded understanding of the business and being considered board-ready.