Building on the success of last year’s first-ever professional salary and benefit survey for the fresh produce industry, the Western Growers Association announced the completion of a new and expanded survey.

NEW ORLEANS -- A press conference announcing the donation of salad bars to 33 schools in New Orleans kicked off the opening of the United Fresh exposition, here.

Wishnatzki Farms, a Florida-based grower-shipper, has announced the addition of pesticide residue-free blueberries to its produce offerings.

Wish Farms said that it is one of the few shippers in the country to have blueberries approved by Scientific Certification Systems, a third-party organization that certifies environmental and safety claims.

With about one-third of its floor space devoted to fresh produce, the burgeoning Sunflower Farmers Market supermarket chain, headquartered in Phoenix, is targeting consumers looking to buy great fresh produce at prices that are much less than what is seen at high-end retailers.

Douglas Schaefer, president of EJ’s Produce Sales Inc. in Phoenix, has a few regrets about his six-year professional baseball career, but his first season in Great Falls, MT, in 1975 is not among them.