Sustainable packaging has never been more top of mind with today’s eco-centric consumer, and Peri & Sons Farms is extending the sustainable practices from its fields to the retail shelf. The Yerington, NV-based onion shipper has employed sustainable practices for three generations. Well before it was a trend, owner David Peri understood that the livelihood of the business, and of those who depended on its success, was directly tied to the health and well-being of the environment.

The date category grew in 2020 translating $6 million in incremental sales reaching $114.7 million dollars according to a recent baseline and distribution study developed for Bard Valley Date Growers. Bard Valley Natural Delights’ brand stands alone with a dominant share of date category sales (42 percent of volume and 44 percent of dollars).

This morning, GreenWise Market opened its newest location, this time in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The 27,758-square-foot store is the first GreenWise Market to be located in a multiuse high-rise. This is the eighth GreenWise Market and the sixth for the state, including a location in Boca Raton. GreenWise Market features foods for health-conscious and gourmet foodies alike.

Malling Cherry Ventures is moving forward to promote new cherry varieties developed at the renown breeding program located in East Malling, Kent, UK.  The company is a joint venture between NIAB EMR, Berry Gardens Growers, and the Associated International Group of Nurseries.

Starting in April 2021, That's Tasty – a Shenandoah Growers brand – will roll out a comprehensive living potted herbs program that makes it simpler than ever for retail partners nationwide to drive incremental spring sales.

Floyd Charles Olsen, known best as “Chuck” to those in the produce industry, died Dec. 30 in Visalia, CA, after a battle with health problems related to back pain. He was 77.

Mr. Olsen founded his namesake Chuck Olsen Co. in 1987 and spent the majority of his life in the agriculture trade.