ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ -- Daniel Jalil, assistant editor of The Produce News, based here, has been promoted to managing editor of the publication, effective Aug. 1.

Mr. Jalil, 26, joined The Produce News in May 2002 as assistant editor after graduating from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English.

Major League Baseball is heading into the best part of its season, as the race for playoff positions gets more competitive. Knowing that I am a baseball fanatic, my wife ordered the MLB cable television package, and I'm now in baseball heaven.

I must admit to being a channel surfer, as I switch from one station to another to try to keep pace with every ball game. We have one of those giant flat screen TVs on the wall, and it actually makes you feel as if you are at the ballpark.

Keith Frosceno, vice president of produce and floral at Bozzuto's Inc., left that company July 15, and will join Supervalu Inc.

"Keith is a very polished executive and a very knowledgeable guy," Steve Heggelke, senior vice president of merchandising and procurement for Bozzutos, a full-service food distributor based in Cheshire, CT, told The Produce News July 27. Were very happy for him.

MONTEREY, CA  If networking truly is the strength of the Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference Tours & Exposition held July 23-25, then produce industry professionals have to be gratified by the more than 1,500 attendees who gathered here.

Included among the 1,500 attendees was double the number of foodservice buyers as last year.

A major sampling tour will look to boost consumer awareness of papayas from Brazil and fortify three leading North American markets of the fruit.

MOSES LAKE, WA  Since joining the Washington State Potato Commission in February 2005 as its director of trade, Matt Harris has tackled a number of issues involving foreign trade partners of the United States, and the recent hearing before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal is one of the more prominent.