A US-based trade group has been created to help market the sale of a produce commodity recently approved for export to the United States: Colombia avocados.
Roger Pepperl, who for the past 20 years has worked as marketing director of Stemilt Growers, is retiring. Pepperl ends a 40-year career as a produce marketer and, before that, as a retail buyer and merchandiser.
Held Sept. 28-Oct. 1, the show included a full slate of speakers, workshops and insights aimed at strengthening the industry during the COVID era and beyond.
Envy apples is partnering with The Hallmark Channel this holiday season. Envy is a sponsor of the Hallmark Channel movie “Christmas by Starlight,” part of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas series of programs.