SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Produce for Better Health Foundation returned to Scottsdale after a three-year pandemic-induced hiatus for its annual Consumer Connection conference, drawing organization members and social media influencers to the Valley of the Sun, where a full slate of workshops and networking events were on the agenda.

Organics in an Era of Inflation and Changing Consumer Behavior will be the subject of the fourth educational session at the upcoming Organic Produce Summit 2022, featuring an exclusive sales analysis of organic fresh produce sales through the first half of 2022, and examining how consumer purchasing behavior is changing in a time of inflation.

The California Avocado Commission is extending its successful advertising campaign “the best avocados have California in them.” This season’s  ads feature visuals that point to the “CA” in the middle of the word “avocados," and audio and other ads that call out the play on words in their taglines. Consumer media is targeted to avocado shoppers in California and the West who are willing to pay more for premium brands and to avocado “super-users,” “mega-users” and “ultra-users.”

Church Brothers Farms is expanding its sales team as the company continues to grow its retail sales program.

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, members of New Jersey's agricultural industry recently came together to celebrate and honor some of their own.

The New Jersey Agricultural Society held its annual gala Saturday, March 19, at The Boathouse at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ, where the 2020 and 2022 awards were presented. (The 2020 gala was canceled the day before it was to be held, and no awards were presented in 2021.)

With more than 25 years of experience packing and processing fresh avocados from Mexico, Coral Gables, FL-based Freshcourt has established itself as a strong partner with customers around the U.S. and abroad.

The company packs its avocados in two production plants in Mexico — one in Uruapan, Michoacán and another in Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco. It also has two processing plants equipped with the latest technology in Uruapan and in Irapuato, Guanajuato.