Clients

Crop Yield, Quality, and Size All Exceeding Forecasted Levels. Sweet Valley Citrus Region — Halfway through the selling season and Satsuma mandarins and other cold hardy varietals are still in abundant supply according to the Cold Hardy Citrus Association (CHCA). Growers had predicted this year’s harvest would be favorable at the season’s start, and the […]

Salinas, CA — SmartWash Solutions, an industry leader in food safety technology, has begun shipping EPIC Panel Sterilight, a new patent-pending product designed to safely and automatically kill Listeria and other pathogens inside control panels—an often-overlooked source of cross-contamination. “Food manufacturing companies have long focused on sanitation and pathogen control on equipment that comes in

A heavy crop of Satsuma mandarins from the Sweet Valley Citrus Region are maturing and will begin shipping about two weeks ahead of the 2021 season. “The 2022 crop looks great,” exclaimed Kim Jones, current president of Cold Hardy Citrus Association.

In a season that has been difficult for many citrus growers, the family-owned grower-shipper Fruit World has announced several bright spots in their 2022-23 citrus season. In particular, Fruit World is expecting a large volume of high-quality organic lemons…

The Sweet Valley Citrus region spans a tri-state zone throughout North Florida, South Alabama and South Georgia. These growing areas share unique soil and weather that make Sweet Valley Citrus so special. Grown on local family farms, tree-ripened, and shipped daily…

Inteligistics, which has built a suite of smart digital products to monitor and improve efficiency for logistics, supply chain and cold chain management for companies producing and selling perishable products, now brings their technology solutions to bear on a common choke point in cold storage facility operations…

Pecan Nation, leading the emergence of farm-fresh pecans into the $5.1 billion snacking nuts category, recently won the prestigious 2022 Most Innovative New Product Award from the National Confectioners Association (NCA) for its Cinnamon Roasted Pecans…

Fruit World, a family-owned, flavor-focused grower-shipper of organic and conventional fruit, reports consumers are showing a nostalgic preference for full-flavor, aromatic grapes, especially seeded varieties. While Fruit World’s volumes will be up in 2022, demand is once again expected to exceed supply…

SmartWash Solutions®, a produce industry leader in fresh-cut food safety, is expanding access and distribution of the company’s SmartWash Boost™ product, a patent-pending process aid used to pretreat fresh-cut produce items prior to washing and proven in studies by the USDA-ARS to greatly limit the potential for cross-contamination before it starts…

The season for Florida-grown Tropical Avocados is off to a strong start, with promotable volumes available June through August. Initial reports from growers indicate increased volumes will ship throughout the 2022 season…