Brighter Bites is partnering with Sunkist to help improve the health of students and families in the Bakersfield, CA, area.

Bakersfield serves as Brighter Bites’ third location in California, following Salinas (2021) and Los Angeles (2022). In early December Sunkist began providing monthly donations of citrus to the Brighter Bites Bakersfield locations, helping to provide families with weekly access to fresh produce at no cost.

As much as we all love heading out for dinner or picking up delicious Thai takeout, I’m here to share this easy and delicious recipe to make a healthy homemade Beef Pad Thai in the comfort of your own kitchen!  You’ll love the authentic flavors that are highlighted in

The recent winter storm has impacted much of the country produce supply. Areas such as Florida, which usually doesn’t have to deal with freezing temperatures, scrambled to protect crops.

After the normal preholiday draw, produce markets should show signs of softening up. Hopefully with some warmer weather in the desert and Mexican growing areas, product will have a better chance of maturing.

The Southeast Produce Council has named Faye Westfall, a longtime member of the fresh produce industry who has been directly involved with the council since its earliest days, to the SEPC board of governors.

United Natural Foods Inc.'s Warehouse to Wheels program has grown by more than 300 percent over the past two years and is now available to associates at a majority of UNFI’s 56 distribution centers. Originally developed at a single UNFI distribution center to help combat a driver shortage, today the program is offered to eligible distribution center associates interested in obtaining the training necessary to receive their Class A CDL license while being employed by UNFI.