Organic vegetable and herb grower Jacobs Farm Del Cabo, Santa Cruz, Calif., has hired David Arana as strategic sourcing manager.

Sambrailo Packaging’s eco-friendly ReadyCycle and Shenandoah Growers’ “That’s Tasty" herb line took top marketing awards at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit in Orlando, Fla.

The Food and Drug Administration this summer detected cyclospora parasites on cilantro grown in the U.S., in what appears to the be first time a domestic product was identified as the source of the parasites.