GLC Cerritos LLC recently completed its enrollment of farms and packing facility with the Ethical Charter Implementation Program. ECIP aligns growers, distributors and buyers around socially responsible labor practices. 

ECIP allows users to learn, assess and benchmark current practices. It also gives retailers a central location to review where their supply chain is investing in social responsibility.  

GLC Cerritos’ extensive avocado-growing operations each qualified with a gold star, which is available to those growers who are previously enrolled in one of 16 approved certifications. 

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Good Foods announced a new collaboration with Taylor Farms, bringing its Elote Style Dip to Taylor Farms’ Mexican Inspired Street Corn Snack Packs. 

Created in partnership with Taylor Farms, the new dip contains a tasty blend of fresh ingredients, including Greek yogurt, corn, Jalapeño peppers and Monterey jack cheese. The snack packs pair the dip with celery, carrots and toasted corn kernels, and each pack boasts five grams of protein at just 180 calories. The two brands have previously collaborated on a snack pack featuring Good Foods Chunky Guacamole paired with radishes, celery and

Gem-Pack Berries has been featured in Bringing It to the Table, a farm-to-table docuseries produced by Reighn World Entertainment. The show offers an inside look into the agricultural industry, connecting viewers to the farmers and lands that grow their food.

The second episode of the docuseries, featuring Gem-Pack Berries, will premiere on Sunday, Aug. 3 on Cox’s Cable YurView Channel, which will air nationally on 16 different channels across more than 30 cities.

Gem-Pack is a Southern California-based grower-shipper with operations in Southern and Central Coast California, Florida and

Todd Greiner Farms Packing LLC, a leading grower-packer-shipper of Michigan produce, announced the beginning of its 2025 sweet corn season, with shipping set to begin the week of July 20 and peak volume expected the week of Aug. 17, just in time for Labor Day promotions.

This season, TGF will be offering premium bi-color sweet corn, commonly known as butter and sugar corn, celebrated for its vibrant color contrast and sweet, juicy flavor. With the company’s recent expansion into full-scale sales and marketing services, retail partners can expect enhanced support, consistent communication and

The International Fresh Produce Association launched a bold new campaign spotlighting fruits and vegetables as nature’s original prescription for better health, lower healthcare costs and longer lives. With headlines like “Before there were pharmacies, there were farms” and “Before there were co-pays, there were carrots,” the campaign delivers a direct message to U.S. policymakers: you can’t make America healthy again without fruits and vegetables.

“For too long, fruits and vegetables have been the quiet, essential workhorses of public health,” said IFPA CEO Cathy Burns. “This campaign

Tropical activity has remained calm in the Pacific basin with no potential formation expected this week. We are watching a low-pressure system that has the potential to become tropical disturbance later this week in the Gulf of Mexico.

Central and west-central Mexico are forecast to continue to receive significant precipitation through the week with long-range outlooks keeping the rains in the region into late July.

The Southeastern states and central Mexico have already received significant precipitation from numerous tropical systems — and the rains continue. On a brighter note, weather