The New York Apple Association has tapped Nancy Fuller, a renowned American celebrity chef on the Food Network. Nancy serves as a judge on the popular “Holiday Baking Championship and Spring Baking Championship” television shows. The celebrity chef is also known as the host of the Food Network television series “Farmhouse Rules,” where she shares her passion for farm-fresh ingredients and traditional cooking. The show is readily available through streaming as her popularity continues to grow.

Fresh Solutions Network announced that a sustainable packaging design for SPUDS less-than-perfect potatoes was awarded first place in the nationwide Student Design Challenge. The winning design, created by a team of four Pennsylvania College of Art & Design students, was announced on Sept. 30 at the sold-out 2024 Paperboard Packaging Council's Fall Meeting & Leadership Conference in Atlanta.

Vidre+, a breakthrough technology that unlocks the full potential of the ethylene inhibitor 1-MCP, is now being introduced to growers, packers, shipper and retailers, who can all easily incorporate it into their operations to extend shelf-life of produce and floral items.

For Mexico, “seasonal produce” seems to be a term of the past, and for companies like Divine Flavor, transitioning to newer growing regions and reinvesting in current growing operations are paving the way to supply their produce commodities year-round.

The Nickey Gregory Co., a full line produce distributor that provides overnight deliveries throughout the Southeast, has plenty of reason to be excited about this year’s International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral show being held in Atlanta.

For one, the company operates out of two Atlanta warehouses and is inviting attendees to come on by prior to the show for an open house for vendors and customers on Wednesday and Thursday.