Gearing up for the start of September’s National Fruit and Veggies Month, the Produce for Better Health Foundation hosted a webinar Aug. 30 exploring the role sustainability efforts can play in increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables. 

Produce Alliance, LLC, announced today a reaffirmation of its commitment to remain at the forefront of food safety innovation and unmatched protection for its customers, distributors and grower/shipper partners, in elevating its longtime leader of Food Safety, Barbara Hulick, to vice president of food safety.

Barbara is a highly acclaimed industry leader in the development and advancement of food safety ideology and practices within the produce industry.

MountainKing Potatoes is pairing its high-flavor Butter Russets with Pioneer to create a retail promotion ideal for shoppers preparing popular fall-time dishes.

This November, five-pound bags of MountainKing Butter Russets will feature an eye-catching Kwik Lok tag offering .75 cents off any two Pioneer gravy mixes (2.75 oz. or smaller). Each Pioneer gravy mix bag serves two cups of gravy to complement any meal.

The Kroger Co. announced The Kroger Co. Foundation's recognition as a 2022 Hunger Leadership Award winner. The Congressional Hunger Center honored the Foundation with this award because of their ongoing commitment to fighting hunger across the U.S.

It was way back in 1909 when Joseph L. Bushman found his American Dream by starting a potato growing operation in Wisconsin, taking advantage of the dark Wisconsin soils.

Today, his legacy lives on as Busman’s Inc., a farmer-owned potato producer and one of the longest continuing potato growing companies in the state — dealing in reds, whites, yellows and Russets, including norkotahs, silvertons, gold rush and caribou.

Fishers, NY-based New York Apple Association, a nonprofit trade association that supports profitable growing and marketing of New York apples, is rolling out its NY Big Apple Crunch Challenge campaign to school districts throughout New York state and around the country on Thursday, Oct. 27.

“The NY Big Apple Crunch promotion is fun for adults, as well as kids, and carries a simple message — eat healthy and eat local,” said Nathaniel Foster, account and event manager for NYAA. “We have many schools ready to get their ‘crunch’ on!”