SnapDragon Apples and the San Diego Zoo created a pop-up event to share the apple’s signature “monster crunch.”

Starr Ranch Growers, Wenatchee, Wash., will be marketing and selling Stadelman Fruit’s produce.

March 1 U.S. fresh apple holdings are up 14% from a year ago and 7% greater than the five-year average.

United Apple Sales, Lyndonville, N.Y., has promoted Brett Baker to corporate vice president.

Nick Mascari has left Applewood Fresh Growers LLC, Sparta, Mich., where he was president, to open a consulting company.

AgroFresh Solutions Inc., a company focused on extending the shelf life of fresh produce, has a new consumer research series that identifies factors leading to a consumer’s choice to buy fresh produce.

The new Cosmic Crisp apple, which is finishing its first commercial season, is featured on the March cover of Prevention Magazine.

Rockit Apple, known as the snacking apple due to its smaller size, will be featured at the South by Southwest Wellness Expo.

Pazazz apples, a proprietary variety from Elgin, Minn.-based Honeybear Brands, has impressed consumers in a blind taste test.

China will allow its importers to apply for substantial tariff relief on U.S. fruit starting in early March.