While the New Jersey Department of Agriculture works for the best interests of New Jersey growers, it’s also heavily invested in its close neighbor, Philadelphia.

“New Jersey and Philadelphia’s fruit and vegetable inspectors work in conjunction,” said Joe Atchison, NJDA’s director of marketing and development division. “Philadelphia inspectors inspect produce in New Jersey as needed and produce is sent to the state to be re-inspected and repacked.”

This summer, Mountain View Fruit Sales will bring to market a premium grape program led by industry veteran George Matoian, who will be join the company as the director of its grape division.

The Northwest Cherry Growers of Yakima, WA, released its round-one estimate of the 2022 cherry crop –– estimating 150,000 tons of cherries or 15 million 20-pound boxes for the season. This initial report had been pushed back a week due to the unusually cool spring temperatures felt across the Northwest.

Procacci Bros., one of the top wholesalers in the Northeast, operates Garden State Farms at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market, a warehouse in South Philadelphia and a farming operation in South Jersey.

The company provides a full line of produce, and not only back-of-the-line items like salads and dressings, but also floral, organic and specialty items.

Prime Time International, grower and marketer of premium colored Bell peppers, asparagus, and other seasonal fruits and vegetables, announced the retirement of founders and managing partners Carl Sam Maggio and Mark Nickerson.

Since 1964, Cottle Farms Inc. has developed an excellent reputation for growing, shipping, importing and distributing high-quality berries. Today, the company continues to expand in acreage, as well as regions offering strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, organic blueberries and muscadine grapes.