Consumer demand in the United States for sweet potatoes has risen by 40 percent since 2008. With exports rising exponentially during the same period, North Carolina, a leading state in sweet potato production, has increased its volume to meet the demand.

adidas Group North America President Mark King will share insights on leadership during his upcoming session at the 2015 PMA Foundation Executive Leadership Symposium Jan. 21-23 Dallas. The program, held in partnership with Cornell University, offers senior executives the chance to harness new strategies and ideas to position their company for success in 2015. King will share how he applied his existing sales leadership skills to successfully re-energize TaylorMade Golf Co. and turn it into a No. 1 selling brand.

Lakeside Organic Gardens, which was founded in 1996, donated over $250,000 to organizations in California's Pajaro Valley that are committed to making the local community better.

“We’ve had a good year this year and in good times we should try to share that with other people in the community who have less,” Dick Peixoto, owner and grower, said in a press release

Peixoto wanted the community to know that the gifts came from every hard-working person at Lakeside Organic Gardens.

EMPALME, SONORA — “Perfect Produce” is gracefully emblazoned on a towering black marble foyer wall at SunFed’s headquarters.

Vision Produce Co. has expanded its chili pepper program and announced the debut of its own grower direct deals that encompasses a year-round program with fields in Sinaloa, Sonora and Baja Mexico in addition to Southern California. 

In October RBest Produce Inc. and sister company El Sol Brands Inc. celebrated their first year anniversary operating from the newly built warehouse in Port Washington, NY. Along with this first year milestone, last month the company’s 70,000-square-foot facility accomplished the distinction of Primus Global Food Safety Certification.