Naturipe Farms recently announced its inaugural Summer of Snacking campaign. The celebration aims to highlight the benefits of healthy snacking done right as consumers enter a busy summer season after a pandemic.

Americans are snacking in record numbers, so how can consumers ensure that what they eat is both tasty and nutritious this summer? Enter Naturipe fresh berries and Naturipe Snacks Bliss and Boost Bentos. Their full line of sweet, juicy and delicious strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries are a delightful and refreshing summer snack. And from their snacks line

The Fresh Produce & Floral Council Apprentice Program continued its year of educational programming with a series of panels and virtual tours, aimed at broadening the class’ scope of the industry.

Kristen Reid of MIXTEC Group recently served as moderator for a leadership panel, featuring industry leaders with a wide range of experience and tenure. Andrew Bivens of Westlake Produce Co.; Bonnie Fernandez-Fenaroli of Center for Produce Safety; and Dwight Ferguson of Agricultural Leadership Foundation; Alexis Hartman of Tosca Ltd. offered leadership advice from lessons learned throughout their

The SpartanNash Foundation, the charitable organization operated by SpartanNash, announced a donation of $243,750 to Special Olympics to advance support and inclusion programs for people with intellectual disabilities. The donation will support Special Olympics athletes and the Summer Games in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

SpartanNash stores – including Family Fare, Forest Hills Foods, D&W Fresh Market, VG’s Grocery, Dan’s Supermarket and Family Fresh Market – teamed up May 5-18 to support Special Olympics. Store guests were also invited

This Fourth of July weekend, the non-profit foundation arm of the nation’s largest garlic company, Christopher Ranch, launched a first-of-its-kind event in partnership with Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park.

Christopher Family Foundation President Ken Christopher recently penned an original children’s story, Elephant Garlic, and will be doing live readings for Gilroy Gardens guests.

Set in the magical kingdom of Gilroy, Elephant Garlic is the story of one young elephant’s journey to discover his favorite food. While things may seem to not work out for the protagonist at first, the story

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., one of the world’s largest leading vertically integrated producers, marketers and distributors of high-quality, fresh produce and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development have joined forces to develop a three-year multi-stakeholder partnership with local organizations, government agencies, communities and subsidiaries to maximize the use of natural resources and to ensure the sustainability of landscapes in Costa Rica and in Guatemala.

The partnership aims to continue to restore productive landscapes, boost the economic development of

The bi-annual Publix Produce for Kids cause-marketing campaign wrapped on June 16 with 12 produce partners providing 700,000 meals to the 32 Feeding America member food banks in the Publix market area. Newly designed campaign signage positioned near produce partners in more than 1,200  Publix stores featured QR codes leading shoppers to a downloadable eCookbook full of recipe inspiration, details on each partner and a new section touting the sustainable practices of campaign partners.

Produce for Kids is celebrating 19 years working with Publix and its produce suppliers to implement the