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The Produce Mom to host first annual #GrillParty Twitter Party on June 17, 2015 at 9pm ET. The Produce Mom is co-hosting the hour-long party with the following industry brands and influencers: …

United Fresh donated 39,019 lbs. of produce and 207 lbs. of assorted dry food to the Greater Chicago Food Depository at the conclusion of the United Fresh 2015 annual convention and expo in Chicago last week. Volunteers helped collect donations from the convention floor to benefit those in need serviced by Greater Chicago Food Depository partner agencies such as food pantries, soup kitchens, and other emergency feeding centers. …

Columbia Marketing International, Inc. (CMI) is focused on providing the highest quality cherries to its domestic and international customers and is putting major investments toward this goal. To this end, the Wenatchee, WA-headquartered CMI, one of Washington State’s largest growers, packagers and shippers of apples, pears and cherries, built three new cherry packing lines in the past two years. …

Ocean Mist Farms hired two employees to work in departments at the company’s headquarters in Castroville, Calif.: Jonelle Wong is the new operations controller and Gladys Valenzuela-Corzo is the human resources director. …

Pear Bureau Northwest is pleased to announce the 39 winners of its second annual “Pear Up with USA Pears” display contest. The contest invited all retailers from across the U.S. and Canada to build an eye-catching display that features Green Anjou, Red Anjou, and Bosc pears at minimum, with inclusion of other varieties of USA Pears encouraged. To qualify for the contest, the display was required to be maintained for at least one week during the January – March timeframe. …