Avocados from Mexico, the number one selling avocado in the United States, has announced successful results for its Hungry for Football promotion.

The campaign launched Sept. 8, and within the first five weeks had already brought in over 92,000 consumer sweepstakes entries. Additionally, retailers have ordered roughly 9,500 promotional pieces and over 9,000 co-branded bins.

In 2013 fresh produce was permitted to arrive into Florida ports for the first time in several decades under a pilot program agreed to by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It was a great success and today fresh fruits and vegetables are flowing freely from offshore countries.

A $40,000 specialty crop grant from the Idaho State Department of Agriculture is being used by the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee's export committee to seek additional outlets for Spanish Sweets in foreign markets.

The Idaho Falls Race to Feed the Hungry is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and Potandon Produce is partnering with Personal Best Performance, the event sponsor. As the largest monetary contributor to the Idaho Falls Community Food Bank, this event is critical to helping local Idaho families in times of need.

“Fresh produce doesn’t wait for a holiday to pass before it gets on its way to its destination,” said Ana Ramos, co-owner with her husband, Frank, of the Perishable Specialist Inc., headquartered in Miami. “Delivering perishables to their destination in the best possible condition means that they must move as quickly and efficiently as humanly possible — and that’s what we mean to accomplish every day of the year.”

Gourmet Trading Co., headquartered in Los Angeles, handles conventional and organic blueberries out of Chile. The company is also a leading supplier of other year-round quality fruits and vegetables.

Chloé Varennes, marketing manager for the company, said that conventional blueberries from Chile will run from November through April this season. Its organic blueberry program runs from November to February.