Yes, summer has just started but IFPA is a seasonal industry and that means it’s always looking forward to the next season. For this month’s update, there are a few important details to mark on calendars:

Like last year, it was another sunny week full of color and innovation: FlowerTrials 2023 is a wrap! Together with 60 participants, HilverdaFlorist presented its new Pot, Patio & Garden varieties. FlowerTrials one of the highlights of the year where a biggest in-house show is created. In an indoor and outdoor garden setting, the latest genetics were presented to 1,100 visitors.

San Francisco Flower Market a leading source for all floral product in the Northern California floral industry, is thrilled to unveil its brand-new logo, igniting a fresh era of creativity and excitement for the historic wholesale market and its customers.

Pharr, TX-based Villita Avocados Inc. was preparing to receive its first load of U.S.-bound avocados from the Mexican state of Jalisco in late June, which will help the longtime company double its volume.

AgroFresh Solutions Inc., the global leader in near- and post-harvest produce freshness solutions with a mission to reduce food loss and waste, has announced new appointments to its board of directors.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.