Church Brothers Farms is expanding its sales team as the company continues to grow its retail sales program.

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, members of New Jersey's agricultural industry recently came together to celebrate and honor some of their own.

The New Jersey Agricultural Society held its annual gala Saturday, March 19, at The Boathouse at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ, where the 2020 and 2022 awards were presented. (The 2020 gala was canceled the day before it was to be held, and no awards were presented in 2021.)

With more than 25 years of experience packing and processing fresh avocados from Mexico, Coral Gables, FL-based Freshcourt has established itself as a strong partner with customers around the U.S. and abroad.

The company packs its avocados in two production plants in Mexico — one in Uruapan, Michoacán and another in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco. It also has two processing plants equipped with the latest technology in Uruapan and in Irapuato, Guanajuato.

Last October, Grocery Outlet made online shopping and delivery available to customers for the first time. The initial pilot with Instacart ran for six months across nearly 70 Grocery Outlet stores in California. Now the company is expanding nationally to offer same-day delivery from nearly 400 Grocery Outlet stores.

With this expansion, customers can access the broad selection of fresh produce and pantry staples from Grocery Outlet online and have orders delivered in as fast as an hour.

Agricultural Research Service scientists have begun to uncover details underlying a pattern of seasonal E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to bagged Romaine lettuce.

Manfredi Cold Storage, which provides cold storage, repacking, refrigerated freight and more to the produce industry, is expanding throughout its home in Kennett Square, PA and in its newest facility in Pedricktown, NJ.