DNE World Fruit LLC, headquartered in Fort Pierce, FL, will promote Florida red and white grapefruit and Valencia oranges at the 2015 Southern Exposure Conference & Expo, being held at the Caribe Royale All Suite Hotel & Convention Center in Orlando, FL, on Feb. 26-28.

One visit to Booth No. 905 at Southern Exposure, and visitors will understand why tree-ripened peaches can’t be beat. The booth will be manned by Florida Classic Growers, located in Dundee, FL. The company prides itself on supplying the highest quality fruit to its customers.

Sun Pacific, the growers of California Cuties, is searching for the best Cutie Curl in the United States. The California grower is inviting all Cutie lovers to enter its Cutie Curl Photo Contest by submitting a photo of themselves peeling a Cutie in one curl. The winning entry will receive a family-friendly California getaway, Cuties style.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Agricultural interests across the Garden State gathered at the Tropicana Casino & Resort here Feb. 3-5 for a true milestone: New Jersey's 100th State Agricultural Convention. This was also the fourth year that the convention co-located with the annual conventions of the Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Blueberry Association.

The California Strawberry Commission and the University of California-Davis have settled lawsuits against each other and have plans to further the partnership between the commission and the university's strawberry-breeding program.

Field Fresh Foods Inc., a Los Angeles-based manufacturer and marketer of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables sold under the “Field Fresh Foods” brand, announced that it has purchased the assets of Superior Fresh Cuts LLC., a regional fresh-cut produce processor serving Southern-California foodservice distributors and industrial customers.

Superior Fresh Cuts’ operations will be consolidated into the Field Fresh Foods processing facility in Los Angeles.