Produce

The USPB is pleased to announce the launch of the Chef Solus Potato Party Coloring Book, created through a partnership with Nourish Interactive, a web-based company dedicated to educating parents and children about the importance of nutrition and exercise. …

Southern Specialties, Inc. announced it is shipping the company’s popular hothouse grown Southern Selects Heirloom tomatoes grown in Florida and Mexico. …

A sense of urgency pervaded the meeting rooms at the Rutgers' Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, where scientists, business executives, and former governors agreed that global warming poses pressing problems for New Jersey: rising tides, violent storms, health risks, and tougher growing conditions for some signature crops. …

Lucky Lee has been selling vine-ripened Florida tomatoes for decades, mainly to restaurants in winter. Now she has a new one, a hefty crimson beefsteak. It’s meaty, juicy, flavorful and, yes, a winter tomato that’s actually worth buying. Called the Tasti-Lee, it is a hybrid developed by Jay Scott, a tomato breeder at the University of Florida. …

As of January 16, 2012, a new business called Vision Produce Partners of Texas, LLC has been formed with an office located in Pharr, Texas. Bill Vogel, President of Tavilla Sales Company the majority partner, has named partner Ben Brittain the Executive Vice President and Managing Member. Other partners are Raul Millan and Ron Cohen of Vision Import Group in New Jersey. …