The Southeast Produce Council has announced that this year's SEPC Vorhees Vision Scholarship recipient is Emily Lessard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lessard of The Giant Co.

United Fresh’s sixth annual BrandStorm event will take place online March 9-11. The event will feature the general session Global Marketing: Trends from Abroad, where marketing professionals from around the globe will share perspectives from each of their business segments on changing fresh produce marketing strategies.

Freshcourt is an agribusiness group that has more than a quarter century of experience in packing and processing fresh avocados from Mexico.

The company’s passion for quality and service has helped it thrive around the world, as it has built up long-term business partners in the U.S. and abroad.

Total potato sales at retail were at five-year record highs for both dollar and volume sales in 2020, according to IRI. Dollar sales increased by 16 percent compared to 2019 and all categories, except deli-prepared sides, grew by double-digit dollar sales. The largest growth in dollar and volume sales for potatoes occurred from April through June, although all months grew by over 9 percent for both metrics.

Kern Ridge Growers is a year-round shipper of California carrots, grown mostly in the rich, sandy loam soil near the mountain range at the southern end of the fertile San Joaquin Valley.

“Carrots are an important product for Kern Ridge Growers because that’s where we started,” said Pete Smith, general manager of the Arvin, CA-based company. “Family-owned, we have grown, packed and shipped California carrots on a year-round basis since 1973.”

Early 2020 really put Bedford Industries’ manufacturing capacity to the test. Its essential employees worked tirelessly to fulfill product demands from all the industries it serves, including providing products for the produce industry.