Produce

The Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market (PWPM) is pleased to present our grand prize winner, Kings Food Markets, Parsippany, NJ with $6,500 in Market Bucks.  Kings’ name was randomly selected from entrants who visited the PWPM booth at the New York Produce Show and Expo held December 11, 2013.  The $6,500 grand prize was sponsored by 13 participating merchants to support purchases at the Philly Market. The Kings Food Market produce staff will also receive a guided tour of the PWPM. …

The Fresh Produce & Floral Council (FPFC) will introduce the 2014 Board of Directors to its membership at the Annual Dinner Dance, Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, CA. …

The United Vegetable Growers Cooperative (UVGC) recently announced the hiring of it's first full time CEO, Eric Schwartz. Mr. Schwartz is an industry veteran with over thirty-years of experience in fresh, processed, and frozen vegetables and fruit, and frozen meals. …

When it comes to the delicious Ben Hannah grapes, organic South African grape grower Warren Bam produces almost 40 mt per hectare and that is one and a half times more than his conventional neighbor.  Also for the popular, white seedless Thompson grapes, Warren gets a much higher production than non organic growers.  His secret?  His enormous love and knowledge of the soil.  Warren is one of the three South African growers that Nature and More will be promoting at the upcoming Fruit Logistica Trade Fair in Berlin (5 – 7 February) …

At the National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2014 Annual Meeting, held January 10-11, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, Randy Hardy of Oakley, Idaho, was elected to serve as NPC’s president for 2014 and to lead the council’s Executive Committee. …