Del Monte Supports The Miami HEAT 'Back To School' Event

Del Monte Fresh Produce supported the HEAT “Back to School” event on Monday, August 20, 2012. The HEAT, Del Monte and other corporate partners kicked off the 2012-13 school year by welcoming back the students and teachers of Orange Brook Elementary in Broward County.

National Peanut Board Members & Alternates Appointed

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed three members and four alternates to serve on the National Peanut Board. Members and alternates will serve three-year terms of office beginning Jan. 1, 2013, with the exception of a Florida alternate who will serve for two years.

Alliance For Food & Farming Seeks ‘Dirty Dozen’ Champions

As part of its efforts to defend hard-working fruit and vegetable farmers and to end misconceptions that can spread widely throughout the media and Internet, the Alliance for Food and Farming is putting together a team of individuals from within the produce industry to represent each of the twelve items that frequently appear on the Environmental Working Group’s so-called “Dirty Dozen” list.  The volunteers will be asked to work with the Alliance staff to speak out on behalf of the health and safety of all produce whether conventional or organically-grown.

2012 Fresh California Date Harvest Looks To Be Phenomenal

August 30, 2012 Atlas Produce

Atlas Produce and Distribution, Inc., a grower, packer, and shipper of premium California dates, anticipates exceptional quality for their Medjool date crop this year.  “The 2012 fresh date harvest out of Southern California is on schedule for late August and it is shaping up to be a phenomenal crop,” says Robert Dobrzanski, President of Atlas Produce.

Mann Packing To Participate In Rock 'N' Roll Marathon Series

August 29, 2012 Mann Packing Company

Mann Packing is teaming up with the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Series® to feature its award-winning Stringless Sugar Snap Peas at two major race events this fall in Virginia Beach and San Antonio.