Natural Grocers champions organic-supportive brands and organizations so it's no surprise that the retailer, which boasts a 100 percent certified organic produce department, is honoring Organic Harvest Month this September. For its sixth year, the natural and organic grocery retailer is renewing its fundraising partnership with Beyond Pesticides, and invites its customers to enjoy discounts on organic products, free Nutrition Education experiences, and free reusable shopping bags for {N}power members.

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The Hass Avocado Board is launching a Love One Today page on its website to highlight how partners can confidently leverage the growing success of the Love One Today mark and nutrition messages to promote sales. A leading source of the healthiest reasons (and tastiest ways) to enjoy fresh avocados, health professionals, consumers and media can access science-based research, interactive website, culturally-relevant tools, delicious recipes and engaging social channels for education and inspiration.

With a few easy steps at HassAvocadoBoard.com/LoveOneToday, industry members can capitalize on

Produce for Kids and Stop & Shop are giving families the tools they need to navigate the back-to-school rush through digital resources, an E-commerce site and resources in the produce departments of more than 400 Stop & Shop stores. The month-long cause-marketing campaign, which spotlights partners such as Bolthouse, Envy Apples, RealSweet Onions and Wonderful Pistachios, will culminate in a donation of 100,000 meals to the Downtown Evening Soup Pantry in New Haven, CT.

In-store campaign signage positioned near particpating produce partner brands feature QR codes that lead shoppers to stopand

North Carolina Ports has reached an agreement with Sun Valley, ID-based Cold Summit Development to further expand its cold chain and cold storage capabilities.

Plans for the development of a 280,000-square-foot multi suite cold storage facility located on the Ports Raleigh Street property.  The facility would offer 40,000 pallet positions and could house a broad range of product categories, including pork, poultry, produce, grocery as well as life sciences at temperatures ranging from negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit to 57 degrees Fahrenheit.  Phase II of the agreement calls for additional

As parents and caregivers across the country once again prepare for the back-to-school season, Whole Foods Market is teaming up with Certified Holistic Nutritionist Kelly LeVeque, a best-selling author, wellness expert and mom of two, to raise awareness of its industry-leading quality standards that bring peace of mind back to grocery shopping.

A recent online survey, conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of Whole Foods Market, found that parents of kids under 18 reported spending an average of 27.2 minutes per week — equivalent to a cumulative 24 hours annually — reading food labels and/or

United Fresh Produce Association announced the four recipients of the 2021 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarships: Joseph F. Basciani of Basciani Foods Inc.; Curtis Griffin of Griffin Ranches Inc.; Lianna Tilton of Braga Fresh Family Farms; and Leticia Velazquez of The FruitGuys.

The Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship Program was founded in 2001 by sisters Karen Caplan and Jackie Caplan Wiggins in honor of their mother, Frieda Rapoport Caplan. The program provides the opportunity for representatives from family-owned, United Fresh member businesses to attend the