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Dave Puglia, president and CEO of Western Growers, has been appointed to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee.
Football fans bought more than 66.6 million avocados leading into the Super Bowl this year, according to the Hass Avocado Board, which breaks down sales for holidays and events for each sales quarter.
Agricultural Capital (AC) has restructured and added new leadership to prepare for rapid growth, according to the company.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on Coram Deo Farms Inc., Tubac, Ariz., pulling its Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act license.
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Stemilt’s Artisan Organics peach and nectarine crops are available in two new packs.
TerMir Inc., Raleigh, N.C., has received a $100,000 AgTech Innovation Prize for its citrus greening disease treatment.
University of California-Riverside scientists have found a substance that can control huanglongbing, aka HLB, in a specialty citrus item.
Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass., has hired Tom Hayes as president and CEO.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Oviedo, Fla., is starting its South American citrus import program.
Angela Lopez-Avalos has joined Cecelia Packing Corp., Orange Cove, Calif., as sales associate.
Two produce distributors were awarded multi-million dollar contracts in mid-July to supply fruits and vegetables to schools and Department of Defense customers.
(UPDATED, July 16) Getting children under the age of two to consume a healthy diet with fruits and vegetables is critical to establish life-long habits.
Generation Farms, Vidalia, Ga., is adding white and purple garlic to its line of fruits and vegetables.
Dave Corsi chairman, of the Center for Produce Safety’s board of director for two years, has been succeeded by Vic Smith.
DMA Solutions, Dallas, is offering “Marketing Matters,” a web seminar for produce professionals.
Lipman Family Farms, Immokalee, Fla., is highlighting its Clipped & Clean Green Beans and expanded fresh-cut line at the Produce Marketing Association’s Foodservice: Delivered.
Crawford Packaging, London, Ontario, is building a new warehouse and showroom in Essex, Ontario.
An innovative approach to extending shelf life of avocados may end up reducing waste, saving energy and having an all-around positive impact on the environment.
A California startup, Vinergy Inc., has equipment it says will improve vineyard efficiency by reducing a labor-intensive part of harvest — transporting grapes to the end of rows.
The National Mango Board will present next week a webinar entitled “Breaking Point or Pivot Point? How a Microscopic Menace Ignited Monumental Marketing Changes.”
Sustainable business practices within the fresh produce industry will be the focus of The Packer’s Sustainable Produce Summit.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the deadline for applying for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program funds, and added dozens of herbs and specialties as eligible crops.
California organic certifier CCOF has received high marks for its GlobalG.A.P. program.
Democrats on a House Agriculture subcommittee have notified Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue of what they see as inadequacies of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program in serving specialty crop producers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now allowing companies in the newest round of contracts for the Farmers to Families Food Box Program to pack commodity-specific boxes, including produce-only boxes.
The season for The Oppenheimer Group’s Blue Goose plum brand has started.
Fresh produce industry associations have joined other agricultural groups in asking the USDA to extend the deadline for producers to receive direct payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
Federal agencies must work together to increase fruit and vegetable consumption among all Americans, according to a Produce Marketing Association-led industry task force.
Austin, Texas, health officials are investigating an outbreak of Cyclospora infections.