Produce

White Mountain Farms, a premier organic grower in the San Luis Valley and Rockey Farms, an innovative farm with award winning soil for growing Fingerlings along with a certified seed facility, have combined forces to form a new entity named White Rock Specialties. The new facility hopes to be fully operational by the end of November. …

WP Rawl announced its partnership with Katie’s Krops, a non-profit focused on empowering kids to plant vegetable gardens and donate the harvest to the underserved in their communities. The partnership will help fund grants for kids ages 9 to 16, while helping Katie work towards her goal of having at least one garden in all 50 states. …

Potatoes with higher levels of beneficial carotenoids are the result of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) studies to improve one of America's most popular vegetables. …

Arcobasso Foods, a leading producer of custom dressings and sauces for a variety of customers in the food industry, recently announced results of a study that found the Panera Bread Dressings brand to be the fastest growing among the top 10 brands in the refrigerated dressings category. This bucks the trend of relatively flat growth in the salad dressings category overall. …

Harvest Sensations, one of America’s top specialty produce companies, has announced that Pamela Castellano has joined the organization as general manager.  Her responsibilities include the management of sales and operations and will lead product innovation and program development at the Los Angeles operation. …