Green Giant Fresh, based in Salinas, CA, rolled out its new Cauliflower Crumbles in United States and Canada, offering consumers a convenient new way to enjoy cauliflower.

The national finals for the 2015 USA Pears “Pear Excellence” Canadian Culinary Student Competition were held on Tuesday, April 14, at École des métiers de la restauration et du tourisme de Montréal.

The American Culinary Federation announced that Red Sun Farms is the latest organization to pledge its support to ACF Culinary Team USA, the official representative for the United States in major international culinary competitions.

The United States Department of Agriculture has announced the results from the National Mango Board’s continuation referendum, showcasing a whopping 91 percent of mango industry members who voted were in favor. The continuation referendum took place April 6-17, and it allowed eligible mango industry members to vote on the continuation of the NMB and its efforts to increase mango consumption in the United States.

After a 46-year career in the produce industry, Jack Bertagna has called it quits — or almost.

Springtime is one of active promotion for Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers. “Cherries takes up a lot of energies and efforts in the spring and summer,” said National Marketing Representative Dan Wohlford. “However, we have a couple of apple varieties that we are pretty excited about. For the second year in a row now, Oneonta Starr Ranch is importing Honeycrisp from New Zealand. We have a partnership with a big grower there that brings us some very good Honeycrisp apples at a time when they are non-existent domestically. These are new crop and demand is huge. We are already close to sold out.