With favorable weather during the growing season, onion growers in California’s Imperial Valley are expecting good yields, good size and good quality this year. Anticipating start dates for harvest in truckload volumes range from April 21 to May 1, although some early harvesting had already begun as of the second week of April.

“As you drive through the valley right now, you can really smell the onions,” said Kay Pricola, executive director of the Imperial Valley Vegetable Growers Association, April 11. “It smells wonderful.”

L&M Cos. Inc., which is based in Raleigh, NC, and has offices in eight other locations around the country, is a diversified grower, shipper, broker, distributor, importer and exporter of produce, offering a wide assortment of products.

Onions are an important component in the mix, and the company grows onions in various locations throughout the United States, including California’s Imperial Valley, giving L&M’s customers year-round availability.

The head-turning, jaw-dropping Great Big Idaho Potato Truck is back on the road for its third consecutive cross-country tour with a new message for women: Take care of your heart.

The five-month 2014 Big Idaho Potato Truck Tour kicked off in Boise, ID, with waves, cheers and hugs from the students of Riverside Elementary School and salutes from soldiers at the Air Force Base in Mountain Home.

PrimusLabs announced that it has opened registration for its latest trainings on the newly benchmarked PrimusGFS Version 2.1 audit scheme. Currently, two sets of trainings are planned.

The first training will be held in Salinas, CA, at the Salinas Elks Lodge. The dates for the Salinas trainings are as follows: April 28-29: HACCP; April 30-May 2: PrimusGFS Version 2.1; and May 3: PrimusGFS Auditor Training.

Braga Fresh, based in Salinas, CA, is now offering sleeved celery and celery hearts under its sustainable produce brand, "Josie's Organics."

Building on the success of last year's Peel the Love tour, when 107,703 recipe samples made from Dole bananas were handed out at 147 tour stops at supermarkets, special events and other local venues, Dole is doubling its efforts this summer with two tours.