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Red Sun Farms, Kingsville, Ontario, has a new way for consumers to find where the company’s greenhouse vegetables are available.

Fyffes has converted all of its melon shipments to include the use of recycled and repurposed wooden pallets from CHEP.

StePac, Tefen, Israel, has new bin liners designed to extend the storage life of fresh pomegranates.

NatureSeal, Westport, Conn., has a new product designed to keep guacamole and cut avocados from browning.

Food Logistics has named compliance and risk management software TraQtion to its 2019 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers list for the fourth year in a row.

Carrier Transicold has provided Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan with three transport refrigeration units.

The Netherlands-based PerfoTec has a new system that allows shippers to make their own modified atmosphere liner bags to prolong shelf life.

Yerecic Label, New Kensington, Pa., won of five first place awards and one Best in Class award in the 42nd Annual Label Awards Competition. 

Wauwatosa, Wisc.-based NiceLabel has been named a top software and technology provider for the food industry.

Chicago-based Hazel Technologies Inc. has completed peach, nectarine, and plum supply chain quality trials with the University of California, Davis.

Hazel Technologies has received a $100,000 grant from the USDA to further develop its Endure packaging insert to prolong fresh produce shelf life, with a focus on berries.

ProducePay has much more money to finance growers sending produce to U.S. markets.

As one year closes and another begins, it is a good time to take stock of everything that has happened and look forward to plan and predict what the future might hold.

Aiming to dispense boxes of fruits and vegetables as medicine, FarmboxRX has partnered with insurance company Vibra Health to give free food boxes to elderly Medicare patients with diet and chronic-related illnesses.

Rite-Hite Digital Systems has introduced a software system designed to keep distribution centers running smoothly, from loading dock logistics to trailer management.

After ten years and helping to protect billions of pounds of fresh-cut produce, SmartWash Solutions is celebrating its contribution to the produce industry.

Over the past decade, there have been significant advancements to create a more proactive, preventative approach to food safety under the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Reusable plastic container company IFCO Systems has redesigned its website to allow users to find industry-specific products and services.

Sun Automation Group, Glen Arm, Md., has promoted Frank Reynolds to director of sales.

The corrugated packaging industry has chosen America Recycles Day to shine a light on a recovery rate of 96% in 2018.

Apeel Sciences, Santa Barbara, Calif., is opening offices in Mexico, the Netherlands and Peru.

RealEats America, a meal kit company focused on healthy foods, received the $1 million top prize in the inaugural Grow-NY competition.

Testing from an independent laboratory has confirmed that IFCO’s cleaning and sanitation process on reusable plastic containers effectively remove or deactivate pathogens.

The Packer and Alibaba.com, one of the largest online commerce sites, are offering a free web seminar on steps produce companies can take to sell their products online.

Automation of communication, operations and data push produce into the new millennium

A company that can take waste and turn it into resins that can be used to make biodegradable polymers earned $500,000 in seed funding at the Western Growers 2019 AgSharks Competition.

Carrier Transicold has introduced a new active controlled-atmosphere technology called EverFresh.

ANAHEIM, Calif — Southern California was a perfect venue for Compac, part of TOMRA Food, to show its wares.

Hazel Technologies, Chicago, has hired Martin Roeder as its Latin America sales manager.

Capespan recently completed a two-year process to restructure its fruit business to simplify service for customers and grower partners.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the patent for Houweling’s UltraClima Semi-Closed Greenhouse is valid.

Healthy Trailer LLC has passed the first phase of a third-party verification process of its patent-pending trailer cleaning process.

Sage Fruit Co. LLC, Yakima, Wash., will launch the first rollout of its Apeel technology for retail customers on Nov. 1, said Chuck Sinks, president, sales and marketing.

A university in The Netherlands has developed a fast field test for detecting Tropical Race 4, the fusarium strain that causes the Panama disease in bananas.

iTrade Network has a web seminar scheduled on the challenges that the logistics industry faces and what the future of perishable logistics will look like.

Eight years into the 10-year Eastern Broccoli Project, the broccoli industry in the eastern U.S. is valued at $90 million and the project is expected to meet a $100-million goal.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Robert Herjavec of TV’s “Shark Tank” offered suggestions on adapting to changing technology and helped select the winner of a $100,000 investment from SVG Ventures at Fresh Summit.

Jasa Packaging Solutions, The Netherlands, has seen plastic-free packaging growing as a trend in Europe, and now it's happening in the U.S.

Belgium-based Tomra Food, parent company of Compac and BBC Technologies, pulled out all the stops for the Produce Marketing Association's Fresh Summit expo, Oct. 18-19 in Anaheim, Calif.

The Star Group, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is expanding a focus on technology to improve processes from food safety to ensuring better flavor of the produce it grows.

Smurfit Kappa worked with the National Mango board and growers, shippers and retailer to create paper-based packaging suitable for the fruit, and it will be unveiled at the PMA’s Fresh Summit.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The title of a morning “Experience Extensions” session at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit on Oct. 17 was “What’s Hot and What’s Not in Produce Science & Technology.”

The Bunzl Agriculture Group, Oxnard, Calif., is introducing a line of eco-packaging Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo.

Sorting equipment manufacturer Unitec Group has a lot to talk about since exhibiting at the 2018 Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.

Tosca, a company specializing in reusable packaging and supply chain solutions, has agreed to acquire Polymer Logistics, which offers reusable plastic containers and retail merchandising systems.

With the industry trend to replace plastic packaging with more sustainable materials, the focus has been on what the produce is packed in. Accu-Label is doing its part by changing what’s on fruits and vegetables.

Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms won the Responsible Business Award for Sustainable Innovation at the Ethical Corporation Awards, a Reuters event.

Chicago-based Hazel Technologies Inc. has partnered with Dominican Republic avocado exporter WP Produce to use the post-harvest technology on Desbry brand avocados shipped to U.S. markets.

DeltaTrak will be showcase FlashLink loggers at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo, and discuss the company’s decision to join the IBM Food Trust, a blockchain traceability program.

Aptean, Alpharetta, Ga., has acquired LinkFresh, an enterprise resource planning solutions provider used by companies selling fresh produce and other foods.