United Natural Foods Inc. completed its annual UNFI Conventional Expo show. The company hosted nearly 2,700 customers, connecting them with its vast network of suppliers and providing them with access to food choices, fresh thinking, new innovations, services, show deals and promotions only available at the show.

UNFI’s Conventional Expo is held annually in July to help independent grocers plan, prepare and buy for the upcoming holiday and spring selling seasons.

The National Mango Board has launched a new series called Origin Stories, which are micro-documentaries that tell the story of mangos and the people who produce them.

Produce veterans Jim Provost and Neil Millman joined forces to form I Love Produce, a wholesale garlic and produce company with strong values, a family atmosphere and a steady supply chain of garlic, shallots and ginger for their customers.

The organic certification of fruits and vegetables grown in indoors has long been a festering issue in the organic sector and was the subject of a workshop session at the recent Organic Produce Summit, held in Monterey, CA, July 13-14.

The American Floral Endowment has awarded 20 students with scholarships totaling $54,400.

The Giant Co. recently donated $1.1 million to the Rodale Institute, a global nonprofit dedicated to growing the organic movement through rigorous research, farmer training and consumer education. The funds were raised through The Giant Co.’s Healing Our Planet campaign, which ran from March 1 to May 31, and allowed customers to round up their checkout purchases to the nearest dollar at Giant, Martin’s and Giant Heirloom Market stores.