Holly Burriesci has joined Monterey Mushrooms Inc. as manager of new product development, reporting to John Kidder, vice president of product development. At Monterey Mushrooms, Burriesci will identify opportunities, then oversee the design, implementation and launch of mushroom product production.

VENTURA, CA — Dietitians and bloggers from across the nation got a first-hand look at the California avocado industry during a media tour April 25-26 hosted by the California Avocado Commission.

The tour encompassed stops at a leading avocado nursery, a longtime avocado grower and the country's largest packinghouse, giving attendees a thorough look at one of the most popular crops in the Golden State.

The California Avocado Commission hosted a media tour April 25-26. It encompassed stops at a leading avocado nursery, a longtime avocado grower and the country's largest packinghouse, giving attendees a thorough look at one of the most popular crops in the Golden State.

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Potandon Produce LLC, the exclusive marketing agent for Pinto Creek Co. LLC in Eloy, AZ, announced that its fresh potato season will begin May 4.

This year, consumer bags will be shipped with a redesigned “Grown in Arizona” Quik-Lok tag.  

For more than a century, when people have thought of Seald Sweet International, they’ve thought of citrus. That’s been changing over the last five years and now is starting to change even more as the company continues aggressive expansion of its deciduous commodity division. This expansion now includes a major Mexican grape deal, which will triple the volume of 2014.

The Mexican component of The Oppenheimer Group’s year-round grape program will see an early start again this year, with red seedless loading out of Nogales the third week of May, according to Marc Serpa, director of domestic grapes.