The Giant Co. has named Jennifer Heinzen Krueger as its vice president of team experience effective May 30. Krueger replaces Matt Lutcavage, who is pursuing a new opportunity outside of the company.

Vanguard International USA has promoted Jon Fox to manager of its USA Sales Team. The company also announced expanded its commercial business team with the hiring of Ricardo Luchsinger in the role of South America sales and procurement associate

Flavor 1st Growers & Packers, which grows and packs more than 30 different varieties of produce from its Mills River, NC location, has recently started harvesting in South Georgia, and is looking forward to a successful Georgia growing season.

PASADENA, CA — The Fresh Produce & Floral Council held an elegant 2022 Dinner Dance at the Speakeasy at the Langham, here, on Saturday, May 21. With over 230 members in attendance, the council celebrated the incoming and outgoing board of directors and the passing of the gavel from the 2021 Chair Sean McClure of Professional Produce to 2022 Chair Kori Martin of Oppy.

Stemilt Growers’ high elevation cherry orchards provide the vertically integrated grower-shipper with one of the longest cherry seasons in the United States. Headquartered in Wenatchee, WA, the surrounding foothills play host to hikers, bikers, and migrating elk. They also are home to Moon Cherries, grown at 2,640 feet above sea level at Stemilt’s Amigos Orchard operated by Kyle Mathison.

At the start of the 2022 New Jersey spring produce season, Frank Donio Inc. added over 600 acres of organic land as it looks toward the future and takes organic “one step further by heavily utilizing sustainable and regenerative agriculture practices,” according to the company’s Annie Pape.