Doug Stalbaum has been promoted to vice president of finance for Publix, effective Jan. 1.  

Stalbaum, 45, joined the company in 2019 as director of business analysis and reporting, and was promoted to his current role, vice president and controller, in 2022. Prior to joining Publix, he was a senior audit manager at an accounting firm for eight years, senior director and controller at a restaurant chain for six years and director of finance at a furniture retailer for three years.

JJB Family Farms, based in Stockton, CA, puts a high value on technology.

It has installed Eqraft bin handling systems in recent years and there are plans to add automatic bin tippers to ensure a smooth flow of onions throughout its packinghouse.

Patrick Criteser is joining Nature Fresh Farms' executive team as CEO to lead its rapid expansion.   

Equifruit, Canada’s leading Fairtrade certified banana company, announced its president, Jennie Coleman, has been recognized as one of Canada’s Most Admired CEOs for 2024 by Waterstone Human Capital.

Three hurricanes, in the space of just about one month, have played havoc with the entire Florida economy, but no category may be as vulnerable as the Sunshine State’s produce industry.

The International Fresh Produce Association announced the appointment of two of its members, Russell Hamlin, president of farming operations for Grimmway Farms/Cal-Organic and chair of IFPA’s Organics Committee, and Maria Fernanda Abilgaard, global advocacy manager at AgroFresh, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee.