Grocery Outlet, an extreme-value retailer, announced a partnership with Instacart on a pilot program to make its bargain shopping experience available online for the first time ever.

For more than four decades, the Setton family has found success by delivering a hands-on approach to growing and processing pistachios in Central California, and its reputation in the nut industry is unmatched.

Today, Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella operates in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley in California’s Central Valley and is one of America’s largest pistachio growers and processors, exporting to more than 60 countries world-wide.

A crucial action to mitigate climate change, and especially for greenhouse gas reduction, is the use of renewable energy in production processes. In order to advance sustainable agricultural practices, the Chilean fruit company Copefrut signed a contract that ensures all energy supplied from the National Electric System comes from 100-percent clean energy.

With an estimated crop size down about 15 percent from the previous year and coming on a bit earlier than expected, it appears the end of the Michigan apple harvest period will occur around Halloween, which is a week to 10 days ahead of schedule.

Ryan Baird has joined the Bobalu Berries sales team, which is led by Anthony Gallino, vice president of sales. Baird has been in the produce industry for 20 years on the buy side previously with C.H. Robinson and Foodsource providing a strong base of industry knowledge and allowing him to complement the team already in place.

Kroger partnered with produce supplier G&R Farms of Glennville, GA, earlier this year to raise $9,000 for scholarship and grant funds for FFA students in Georgia through the Growing America’s Farmer’s promotional program.