Produce

After tremendous success of the first National Medjool Date Day last year, Natural Delights™ is bringing even more attention to the holiday in 2015 while partnering with RDs, bloggers and media to position one of the world’s oldest fruits as relevant to needs and wants of all ages and lifestyles. …

CN Seeds, the UK-based seed specialist, has announced the full commercial launch of Bulls Blood Olympia, the innovative new red leaf beet variety, which will be among the products   showcased by the company at Fruit Logistica 2015. …

Attendees and exhibitors from around the world will gather in Germany this week for the Fruit Logistica trade show. We asked John Giles, divisional director, for London-based Promar International (one of the U.K.’s largest agricultural and agri-food consultancy and a subsidiary of Genus plc.) to share some tips about how American visitors can take full advantage of all the show has to offer: …

The application period is now open for the 21st class of the United Fresh Produce Industry Leadership Program. Thanks to the generous support of our founding sponsor DuPont Crop Protection, United Fresh members have had the opportunity to take part in this unique experience dedicated to developing future leaders of the industry. Since it was first launched in 1995, over 200 industry members have graduated from this exclusive program. …

The United Fresh Produce Association is now accepting nominations for the 2015 United Fresh Retail Produce Manager Awards Program. The program will honor 25 outstanding retail produce managers at the United Fresh 2015 convention June 8-10 in Chicago, Illinois. …