America’s only Butter Potatoes are back with a major relaunch from EarthFresh, North America’s premier supplier of fresh produce. Now available from coast to coast, the full lineup, featuring Butter Golds, Butter Reds and Butter Russets, delivers premium flavor, bringing a new level of cooking versatility to kitchens across the country. EarthFresh Butter Potatoes feature a naturally buttery, creamy interior, so rich in flavor, there’s no butter needed. Their smooth texture and vibrant color make Butter Golds perfect for mashing, Butter Reds perfect for roasting, and Butter Russets perfect for

Bolthouse Fresh Foods announced the formation of a new top-tier sales and marketing leadership team poised to accelerate growth by deepening customer partnerships and driving innovation centered on quality, service and a passion for exceeding expectations. "This leadership team is built for execution and is dedicated with serving our customers," said Timothy Escamilla, CEO of Bolthouse Fresh Foods. "They bring a powerful combination of deep produce experience and a forward-thinking, innovative mindset. We are aligning our structure to better serve our partners and signaling to the market that

Akorn Technology Inc., an innovator in sustainable post-harvest solutions, has been named as a finalist for the prestigious 2025 FoodTech Challenge — a United Arab Emirates-based competition that brings together pioneering food and agriculture startups — for proposals to help small growers combat significant post-harvest losses and cold chain problems. Currently in its final stages, the FoodTech Challenge focuses on identifying and scaling agri-food technologies capable of transforming arid, hot and increasingly challenging environments. As revealed at the Clinton Global Initiative 2025 Global

Unique Cold Storage announced it has expanded its menu of services to include custom bagging capabilities. The netted bagging equipment complements the company’s offerings of third-party services. “We have had requests from customers to add this service for avocados and limes,” said Wyatt Wickizer, vice president of operations for the company. “This new equipment provides additional value for the growers, shippers and international importers we service. We anticipate some customers may wish for us to bag product beyond the items I mentioned, including other citrus products.” he said. The

Arcadia Farms, a cut flower producer based in Bogota, Colombia, for almost two decades, has launched its own sales and marketing operation, with logistics being handled in Miami and sales headquartered in Texas. Texas-based fresh produce and floral industry veteran Rob Ybarra is co-owner of the reconfigured company along with grower Augusto Avila in Colombia and logistics expert Roly Martinez in Florida. All three partners share the title of co-owner with Avila being head of production, Martinez is chief operating officer and Ybarra is head of sales. “Augusto Avila has over 30 years of

Western Growers’ membership of family farmers and growers have elected Rob Yraceburu, president of Wonderful Orchards at The Wonderful Co., to serve as chair of the Western Growers board of directors for a two-year term. Yraceburu’s long relationship with the organization, which represents two-thirds of America’s fresh produce, spans more than two decades going back to his many years as a senior banker at Wells Fargo focused on the agriculture industry and, more recently, more than a decade at The Wonderful Co. as a grower. Yraceburu was first elected to the Board in 2016 and has served as