This week Pink Lady Apples is encouraging consumers to “Cozy Up & Share the Love” with a social media promotion that features new seasonal recipes and a giveaway for two. The effort celebrates the Fall apple season and a time when baking, staying in and all things cozy are dominating 2020 trends. Widely known as an apple that’s great for baking, Pink Lady also made the menu of an upcoming virtual class led by Martha Stewart and put on by Sur La Table.

The new recipes that Pink Lady will be promoting are ideal for staying in with loved ones. First up is a Baked Brie with Warm Pink Lady Bourbon

The North Carolina State Ports Authority announced the arrival of industry veteran Doug Vogt as its next chief operating officer. At North Carolina Ports, Vogt will apply his extensive experience to further improve the operational excellence at the port of Wilmington, port of Morehead City and Charlotte Inland Port. Specifically, he will direct and coordinate the activities of all terminal operations. He will also oversee the execution of the infrastructure investment plan.

“Doug is the perfect addition to round out our leadership team. His experience and knowledge of the industry will be

Vancouver-based food manufacturer Big Mountain Foods announced its expansion into a 70,000-square-foot facility to scale up its production capacity by 2021 and compete with other global plant-based brands.

Founded by mother-daughter duo Kimberly Chamberland and Jasmine Byrne, Big Mountain Foods recently began distributing to retail giant Kroger, which provided the momentum for its expansion. At the same time, the company launched four new Veggie Links products across Canada and the U.S. All nine Big Mountain Foods products are gluten, nut, and soy-free, certified vegan, and non-GMO verified.

In the heart of California’s grape vineyards, Delano, CA-based Sunview Marketing International has successfully built a farm based on the simple principles of integrity, quality, performance and sustainability.

As a top grape grower-shipper in the state, Sunview’s winning strategy is to constantly optimize its acreage and vineyards to meet the anticipated demands of its customers and consumers.

“The grape business has been good this season,” said Mitch Wetzel, vice president of sales and marketing for Sunview. “We are backing up our message of ‘Your single source’ for all of our customers’

Krasdale Foods Inc., a 112-year-old, family-owned business providing essential services to supermarket operators, including grocery distribution, merchandising, marketing and financing, has named Gus Lebiak as its new president and chief operating officer effective Jan. 1, 2021.

Since joining Krasdale eight years ago, Lebiak has steadily assumed greater leadership roles within the company. Last year, he was promoted to chief operating officer of Alpha 1 Marketing, an affiliate of Krasdale. Following his retirement, Steve Silver will continue to serve in an advisory capacity and will also

Village Farms International Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Village Farms Clean Energy Inc., has renewed and extended its existing contract with the city of Vancouver under which VFCE receives landfill gas captured by the city of Vancouver at the city's landfill site in Delta, BC.

The 20-year extension period, with an option for an additional five-year extension period, commences upon start-up of the Delta RNG Project commercial operations.

The renewed and extended contract enables Village Farms to transition VFCE to a more attractive long-term business model based on the