Attitudes: Producers

On the heels of an overview about the creation of a national industry-funded national fruit and vegetable promotion board in last month’s PG Fresh Trends Alert, Elizabeth Pivonka, president and CEO of the Wilmington, Del.-based Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH), reached out to share a comprehensive update about the latest developments of the trade in a late May memo, excerpts of which follow below.

The C.H. Robinson (CHR) Worldwide Foundation, the nonprofit foundation arm of produce and logistics industry leader C.H. Robinson Worldwide, has stepped up to support the Produce Marketing Association Foundation for Industry Talent (PMA FIT), a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing future talent for the produce industry.

“What steps have you taken to manage your business during the economic downturn?” The answers to this question and many others about the specialty food business were the subject of a joint Webinar presentation last week by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) and Mintel International.

A Beef Checkoff poll finds that the industry's safety efforts are paying off.

International Delight now boasts a sleeker, more European, design.

PMA endorses FDA-developed global standard and certified audit program in comments to agency.

Brands are no better at communicating product health benefits to the healthcare industry than they are to consumers, according to a survey from PULSE Health & Wellness Initiatives.

House lawmakers vote to override the President's veto of the farm bill.