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People, week of December 12, 2011

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Tony Haile

TONY HAILE’s first day with New Era Produce LLC in Estero, FL, was Nov. 1.

The Tom Lange Co. increases fundraising efforts

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The picture included is Tom Lange's Toronto operation, Global Fresh Import & Export and Global Logistics presenting money to SickKids F

Protected agriculture expands in Mexico

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Every year, a larger share of produce grown in Mexico for export to the United States is grown in protective structures of various types, such as these

Some areas of Prince Edward Island seeing potato shortages due to weather

While some areas of Prince Edward Island, Canada, suffered considerable potato shortages due to weather conditions this year, others fared well. The quality of the harvested spuds, however, is good. Linkletter Farms in Summerside, PEI, is among those firms seeing considerable losses to their crops.

Mark MacEwen, a partner-owner of Linkletter Farms, told The Produce News that the company’s crop is 15-25 percent down.

Jerry Wright returns to United Potato Growers of America as president and CEO

Jerry Wright, who was one of the individuals instrumental in the founding of the United Potato Growers of Idaho, a Capper-Volstead cooperative, and shortly thereafter the United Potato Growers of America with affiliate organizations in several states, and who served as chief executive officer of UPGA from 2005 to 2006, has now returned to head that organization again as its president and CEO.

U.S. customs program brings increased efficiency to produce imports

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U.S. Customs & Border Protection officers discuss strategies for searching arriving cargo. (Photo courtesy of U.S.

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