On its main farm in Yerington, Nev., Yerington-based Peri & Sons Farms plants the Nevada White and Sweetie Sweet branded onions the company is best known for, in addition to other onion varieties, said Teri Gibson, Peri’s director or marketing and customer relations.

In an online survey conducted by OnePoll for Veggies Made Great, 1,000 millennial parents of school-aged children answered questions about their typical vegetable consumption habits.

In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) recently held an award ceremony to recognize its numerous industry leaders across the globe with the theme “Making it Happen.”

Puratos UK has strengthened its fruit filling offerings with the acquisition of Fourayes, the UK’s largest fruit processor and commercial jam manufacturer for bakeries, desserts and dairy.

Jeff Oberman has been named president of the California Avocado Commission by the group’s Board of Directors, effective Oct. 10.

Fresh produce grower, marketer and distributor Oppy is set to deliver 6.2 million packages of Brazilian Cotton Candy grapes by the end of 2022, a new record for the company. Oppy plans to continue to increase volume throughout the next few years. 

Greenhouse vegetable grower Pure Flavor has partnered with the FMI Foundation for the National Family Meals Month campaign.

At this year’s Southeast Produce Council’s (SEPC) Southern Innovations, Shuman Farms is highlighting its sustainability efforts and has announced that Broc Davis has been named the company’s new sustainability and operations lead.

Kowalski’s Markets is now offering Fyffes Fair Trade Certified Bananas in its 11 grocery stores.

This year, the Mexican state of Jalisco delivered avocados to the United States for the first time ever.