Produce

Bicycles lined up at the Deardorff Family Farms facility on Wednesday morning as the 40 Tour de Fresh riders stretched, watered up, and enjoyed their first meal of the day before starting off on the 50 mile ride from Oxnard to Santa Monica in the third leg of the journey. …

The Produce Mom will co-host what promises to be one of the largest social events of the Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit Convention & Expo – #FreshSummit Twitter Party. The online party will stream live from the Anaheim Convention Center at 11 a.m. PST, Saturday, October 18. Tweets will broadcast on the PMA large media screens throughout the venue. …

Whole Foods Market has launched Responsibly Grown, an industry leading tiered produce rating system that assesses growing practices that impact human health and the environment. The new rating system labels fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers as “good,” “better” or “best” to help shoppers make more informed choices in the produce and floral departments, and it prohibits some of the most hazardous neurotoxins still allowed in agriculture. …

Food Lion is proud to announce that it has partnered with its customers to help provide 1.5 million meals to families in need across its 10-state footprint through the sale of specially marked Food Lion Feeds bagged apples. The effort, which began on Sept. 17, helped provide five meals to local food banks each time a customer purchased the specially-marked apples, in partnership with Feeding America®. …

Poindexter Nut Company, a California walnut company, is unveiling its newly designed retail packaging line. The launch will begin this week at PMA Fresh Summit in Anaheim, CA and will be phased in gradually throughout 2015. …