Dan R. Costa Inc., which is located near Manteca, CA, specializes in pumpkins, mini-pumpkins, gourds and other ornamental produce items for fall décor. Complementing that product line, the company also is now offering a fresh-cut sweet corn product and a line of fresh-cut hard-shell or winter squash in some innovative consumer pack styles.

For the month of October, California Giant Berry Farms’ packaging will take on a new color to share messaging with shoppers about breast cancer prevention.

As a proud sponsor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October California Giant, based in Watsonville, CA, will donate $10,000 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Supporting healthy lifestyles and giving back are ongoing commitments at California Giant Berry Farms, and the company regularly communicates with consumers about the brand’s mission of health and philanthropy.

Wholesum Family Farms Inc. in Nogales, AZ, better known as Wholesum Harvest, is preparing to launch a new link to its web site geared specifically toward home cooks, chefs and others interested in cooking organically.

Anthony Totta is the director of business development for Wholesum Harvest and the chief executive officer and marketing consultant for Grow My Profits. He told The Produce News that Wholesum Harvest believes there is a big appetite for recipes, especially among consumers of organic produce.

Potandon Produce, based in Idaho Falls, ID, announced Sept. 1 that it is launching a special marketing campaign focused on building breast cancer awareness.

The campaign, which will run Sept. 15 through Oct. 31, centers on two of Potandon’s proprietary potato varieties: Klondike Rose and Klondike Goldust, which both will be available in special pink breast cancer-awareness packaging for the duration of the promotion.

FreshXperts, a leading consulting group for the fresh industry, unveiled eFreshTrack, a customer relationship management system designed specifically for growers, shippers and distributors. The system applies FreshXperts’ 171 years of combined produce-industry experience to the advanced technologies of CRM provider, Soleran.

The hosted application affords convenient access from any computer or smartphone and allows sales teams to track leads from the point of contact, through the sales process — and after the sale is complete.

WEATHER

Daytime temperatures in Salinas, CA, were expected to range from the upper 60s to low 70s Aug. 25-30 with overnight lows in the mid-50s. Patchy morning fog and sunny afternoons are expected to persist into early September.

Daytime temperatures in Mendota, CA, were predicted to be in the mid- to upper 90s Aug. 30, with overnight lows in the low to mid-60s.

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