It didn’t take long for the industry to feel the impact of the sixth annual, and first virtual, BrandStorm this March. More than 360 produce industry marketers convened during the largest storm on record. United Fresh was well-positioned to bring this annual event online, and the attendees arrived for the event ready to engage.

Dollar General announced the planned retirement of Mike Kindy, the company’s executive vice president of global supply chain, effective April 15. During his tenure with the company, he drove tremendous expansion, highlighted by the addition of nine traditional distribution centers, the inception of the DG Fresh supply chain that now includes 10 DG Fresh facilities, and the creation of the DG Private Fleet network that now includes more than 550 drivers.

The fresh produce industry will gather the first week in April for the Southeast Produce Council's Southern Exposure 2021 conference and expo, its premier annual event, which this year is themed "The Rise of Produce."

The designation of March as Women’s History Month perfectly aligns with the start of this year’s California avocado season, which presented the concept to interview the three women that currently sit on the California Avocado Commission.

Gold Coast Packing is a family business that was started by two long-time friends, Ron Burk and Bob Espinola. Both owners have been actively involved in the company since its inception and still have a large role in the business. Throughout the years, both Burk’s and Espinola’s children have joined the company and remain as leaders of the business.

Lytone Enterprise Inc. just announced a novel liquid fertilizer aiming to improve crop growth and quality by providing natural trace elements.

The newly launched ferlizer, Azolyte, consisting of not only macro-nutrients such as phosphorous, potassium and magnesium, which have been proven necessary for plant growth, but also a series of multiple elemental nutrients, many of which can only be found in oceanic sediments. These trace elements are believed to be beneficial for plant physiology as well as growth.