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Dole Food Company has unveiled the new face of dole.com. The website establishes the Dole brand online, with a simple and clean design that is easy for consumers to use on all types of modern technology, including tablets and mobile devices. The website redesign culminates a year-long partnership between Dole and Santa Monica-based digital agency BLITZ, aimed at redefining and extending Dole’s commitment to taste, ease and nutrition at every digital touch point for consumers. …

Bolthouse Farms has unveiled its state-of-the-art, Innovation Center today at the company's headquarters in Bakersfield, CA. The facility is designed to accelerate new product development and enhance current Bolthouse Farms offerings across the company's portfolio of beverages, salad dressings and fresh carrots. The Innovation Center will integrate marketing and research to create new products intended to help consumers make healthy food choices. …

Regularly eating lots of strawberries and blueberries may be good for women's hearts, a new study suggests. …

Demonstrating that food safety is a high priority for the industry, more than 300 California avocado growers engaged in a series of interactive Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) grower education seminars conducted by the California Avocado Commission (CAC) in December. CAC introduced a new GAP manual and recommended GAP certification process in 2011, and in just one year after the program launch more than 20 percent of California avocado acreage has been GAP certified. …

The application period is now open for the 19th annual class of the United FreshProduce Industry Leadership Program, presented by the United Fresh Foundation’s Center for Leadership Excellence. The program, made possible through a generous grant from DuPont Crop Protection, is a special opportunity for United Fresh members to advance their leadership skills and knowledge. …