Is healthy food really the secret to a better mood? Produce for Better Health thinks so, and it backed up its theory with plenty of research and a presentation by Dr. Taylor Wallace during the “Fruits & Veggies: Food Rooted in a Better Mood” general session on the second day of the virtual Have A Plant Nation Ambassador Event, Sept. 28-29.

“Fruits and vegetables really do influence cognition and mood state quite extensively,” Wallace told attendees.

Especially in this day and age, psychological stress brought on by the pandemic has had a negative impact on whole body health. An altered

BOSTON — The New England Produce Council celebrated its 2021 Produce, Floral & Foodservice Expo Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, with a VIP reception and cocktail reception at Kings Dining & Entertainment, here in downtown Boston.

Earlier in the day, Matt Seeley, founder and chief executive officer of the Organic Produce Network, emceed two educational sessions at the Hynes Convention Center. In the first, Tom Barnes, founder and CEO at Category Partners LLC, spoke on "How to Succeed in Organics with the Comparison Shopper." In the second, Suzy Badaracco, president of Culinary Tides, spoke on

The ShopRite of Cortlandt, NY, announced the debut of Fresh to Table, an innovative store-within-a-store concept where customers can find fresh, on-trend foods and easy-to-prepare ingredients and meal solutions in a variety of grab-and-go formats.

Designed within the store’s existing footprint, Fresh to Table reinvents and reimagines traditional produce and fresh departments to provide inspired, high-quality options and ingredients for shoppers looking for a one-stop shop meal experience. These include sections with ready-to-cook items (“Prep & Eat”), ready-to-heat and serve items (“Heat &

Trucco announced its Produce for Life 7 initiative, which was created in collaboration with Medrano to benefit child cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Proceeds from every purchase of kiwifruit from Trucco and limes from Medrano will be donated to MSK Kids in honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

The Produce for Life 7 campaign will be running during the month of September 2021. The campaign was launched out of support for kids like the son of a long-time Trucco employee, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2019. He was just 8 years old. Today, he is in

In partnership with Southern Virginia Vegetable Packing LLC, the Brunswick County Industrial Development Authority will build a $4.2 million, 45,000-square-foot, produce processing and packing facility in Alberta, VA.

The facility will be operated by Old Dominion Organic Farms and help to increase organic produce growing in the area. It’s projected that farmers will process approximately $24 million worth of Virginia-grown vegetables, with 80 percent being organic in the near future.

The announcement was made on Sept. 24 at a special ceremony at the site by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam

Mission Produce Inc. announced the grand opening of its new mega center in Laredo, TX, on Sept. 29, in celebration of the Company’s first anniversary of its initial public offering on Oct. 1. The forward distribution center and third-party logistics facility is strategically positioned to foster enhanced customer service, increased flexibility and expanded capabilities for the company’s customer base.

The mega center, designed and constructed by A M King, an integrated design-build firm with expertise in food distribution and cold storage facilities, has the capability to provide packing