Dave Austin, national director of marketing at Mission Produce Inc., announced that he would retire March 13 after a long and distinguished career in both the public and private sectors of agriculture.

Royal Rose has teamed up with Catherine Fulvio — one of Ireland’s top culinary stars, an award-winning food writer, Irish food ambassador, TV chef and the proprietor of Ballyknocken House & Cookery School — to develop a modern twist on St. Patrick’s Day dining. The company now has a St. Patrick’s Day salad-themed carton for all the Royal Rose radicchio currently being harvested.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association announced the participants for the 2015 Passion for Produce Program in Montreal.

As an added value to membership, PFP was created by the CPMA in 2010 to provide rising stars in the produce industry with the opportunity to accelerate their professional development through a unique mentoring experience at the Annual Convention and Trade Show. At 19 attendees, this is the largest number of participants to date.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association is now accepting nominations for the 2015 CPMA Fresh Health Award, which is entering into its 17th year. It is presented to the company or organization that best supports and promotes the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables using the Half Your Plate or CPMA’s Freggie Children’s Program to improve population health and industry prospe

NOGALES, AZ — Bob Shipley, founder of Shipley Sales LLC in Nogales, has exported Mexican-grown asparagus to northern neighbors more than 20 years. In Caborca, Sonora, he has been an asparagus grower for as long as 15 years.

ORLANDO, FL — About 80 employees and customers of W.P Rawl & Sons Inc., a greens grower-packer-shipper in Pelion, SC, gathered here Feb. 26 in a family reunion atmosphere to celebrate the company’s 90th anniversary. The event was held in conjunction with the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show.

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