Lipman Family Farms will showcase new compostable clamshell packaging at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure conference, reinforcing the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainable practices across the supply chain. Carefully curated for Lipman’s Grown True organic grape tomatoes, the packaging offers 100 percent backyard compostability.

With consumer demand for sustainable packaging and sourcing on the rise, Lipman’s new packaging is a fully at-home compostable solution for a guilt-free, mindful purchasing experience. The packaging is designed to provide direct visibility of

Bard Valley Natural Delights launched a newly designed website to effectively communicate to a more diverse demographic. The updated website now focuses on grower stories, health benefits of Medjool dates, and product usage for every lifestyle.

The Natural Delights website not only looks and feels new, but also operates using the most effective analytics tools to better understand website visitors and what attracts them. Additionally, an updated store locator will help guide shoppers to the products they desire at the retail locations they most often shop. The insights from these robust

Last year brought about a new March madness, and since then we've seen a full year of the changing seasons: football season, hockey season, basketball season, baseball — well, you get it. This month we're celebrating our passion for the teams that make these seasons so meaningful. In our latest installment of Face to Face with the Produce Industry show us your colors by donning a hat or sweatshirt supporting your alma mater or favorite sports team. Keep an eye out for your industry friends and colleagues — and have a little fun in the process. Submit your photo, name and company name to newsde

February organic pear and apples sales verified that the pandemic year has been incredibly positive for both categories. Both category organics sales and volumes are up, with organic share greatly increased in the last year.

Organic pears are experiencing incredible growth. They were up a colossal 42 percent in dollars, and up 44 percent in volume. Average retail was steady at $2.11 per pound. The organic pear category share has nearly doubled in the last year with sales rising from 7.1 percent in February 2020 to 12.5 percent in 2021. Volume rose from 5.1 percent to 9.5 percent share of the

Moxxy Marketing has been honored with a 2021 Packaging Design Award from Graphic Design USA for its work with WP Produce on design of a two-count bag and merchandising display bin to promote their Desbry tropical avocados in retail grocery stores.

"It’s always an honor to be recognized for great design, but this award is particularly special," said Moxxy’s President and CEO Karen Nardozza. "We’ve been working passionately for several years to help WP Produce expand sales and distribution of their Desbry tropical avocados — an amazing fruit with very little awareness outside Florida and the

Stemilt’s journey to achieve Equitable Food Initiative certification across numerous ranches and warehouses is well on its way to becoming a reality. As several Stemilt teams, and 66 employees develop the labor-management collaborative teams required for certification, there are three individuals who lead the charge within Stemilt: Marcela Covarrubias, Rosa Madrigal and Melissa Gonzalez.

“The EFI trainings are rigorous and require a lot of time and effort. Marcela, Rosa, and Melissa have stepped up to organize training and implement the EFI program to help us continue our mission of