Max Herbold Inc. in Burley, ID, which has been in the potato packing business for 60 years, is selling its physical facility and will continue in business at a new location, according to Dennis Herbold, the company's president and the son of its founder.

"I am selling the building and physical assets," Mr. Herbold said, "but I did not sell Max Herbold Inc., and we are going to continue to be in business. We will be here until the first of August. After that, we will be in a different location, but Max Herbold Inc. will still be in business."

NOGALES, AZ -- Alicia Bon Martin of Wilson-Batiz LLC was elected chairwoman of the board of directors of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, here, at the organization's annual meeting on Thursday, May 11. Ms. Bon Martin, who has been serving as vice chairwoman of the FPAA board of directors, is the first woman to chair the organization in its 60-year history. She will serve a two-year term.

The Hunts Point market beat city hall.

On midday May 15 came word that New York State Supreme Court Judge Lucy Billings ruled that last fall, New York City was unfair in putting out a bid for a warehouse property next to the Hunts Point market.

The Florida Citrus Commission in Lakeland, FL, hired Ken Keck on May 17 to serve as executive director of the Florida Department of Citrus.

Mr. Keck replaces Dan Gunter, who resigned last month to take an executive position with a private agribusiness company.

Dole Fresh Vegetables is moving its offices from Salinas, CA, to Monterey, CA, beginning this summer. Dole will shift employees from 639 S. Sanborn Road in Salinas to 2959 Monterey-Salinas Highway in Monterey. The move will place about 180 office employees under one roof instead of the current setup at the Dole site in Salinas with multiple buildings.

Dole Fresh Vegetables is a division of Dole Food Co. Inc.


Red Blossom Farms adds growers

After nearly four years as public relations manager for the Pear Bureau Northwest, Laura Wieking announced in mid-May that she is leaving the position, effective June 2.

Ms. Wieking joined the bureau as its PR manager in September 2002, and she said that the decision to depart the organization was a difficult one.

Her new job, which will be part time, is communications manager with the Credit Union Association of Oregon. She said that logistics factored into the move, and the CUAO offices are a shorter commute from her home and her family.