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Purity.Organic Produce (formerly Pacific Organic Produce) launches a new product this season, “Heirloom Blend” organic fingerling potatoes, to celebrate over a decade of working with Cinacia Farm. The “Heirloom Blend” is a trio of Cinacia’s best selling organic fingerling potatoes: the Russian Banana, the Ruby Crescent and the rare Purple Peruvian. …

Materne North Americas GoGo squeeZ brand, the first squeezable, re-sealable, 100 percent fruit applesauce, can now add another first to its credit. Materne has begun domestic production for the first time through a partnership with Cherry Growers, Inc. fruit processor in Michigan, which will provide more than 120 jobs to residents in the surrounding Traverse City area. This new operation comes during a time when job creation is a vital need in the United States particularly in the state of Michigan, which currently has the highest unemployment rate in America at 9.6%1. …

Intelleflex, a leading provider of on-demand data visibility solutions, and ProWare Services, a software and services company focused on providing solutions for the fresh food industry, today announced the results of a recent pilot program that documented the value of Delivered Freshness and quality of produce by dynamically routing product in real-time based on remaining shelf-life. Intelleflex enables Delivered Freshness through the use of its temperature monitoring tags that provide actionable data through the use of pallet-level temperature monitoring. This solution has a proven ability to help minimize losses and maximize freshness at the point of delivery. …

Often at holiday events kids are forgotten when it comes to holiday cooking, but this year it can be easy to make something special for them. This December serve up Grapple brand apples as a twist to usual holiday fare when making food for the kids. Grapples are the only apple on the market that actually crunches like an apple, and tastes like a grape- a little something special just for kids. …

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina, from the company's current location in Cincinnati, Ohio. The relocation will include more than 300 positions currently based in Cincinnati. Chiquita will also consolidate other corporate functions in Charlotte by bringing more than 100 additional positions currently spread across the U.S. to improve execution and accelerate decision-making. The move is expected to be complete by the end of 2012. …