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With nearly one in six restaurants closed, the National Restaurant Association is lobbying Congress for more relief from the devastation to foodservice demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Texas International Produce Association is seeking participants for the send annual Clean Eating Challenge, set to start on Oct 1.
Kiwi berry season is underway at Domex Superfresh Growers, Yakima, Wash.
The National Potato Council, whose annual meeting is usually in connection with the Potato Expo in January, is scheduled the meeting to coincide with the group’s Potato D.C. Fly-In in February.
Chiquita is offering banana-centric virtual backgrounds and new recipes to help keep students entertained in the new school year, whether that’s at home or in a classroom.
Wholly Guacamole is celebrating National Guacamole Day — Sept. 16 — with a drive-through stand for free guacamole and chips in Dallas.
The California Avocado Commission, Irvine, has opened an online merchandise shop for aficionados of the fruit, with shirts, socks, stickers and other items.
Avocado company Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., has hired Susie Rea in sales and business development.
Things are sweet for the start of the SweeTango apple season.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Summerland, British Columbia, has hired Bob Wilkinson as director of sales.
Giro Pack Inc. is rethinking plastic in terms reducing it, and optimizing its use in each package it manufactures to reduce overall environmental effects.
A tradition for the Eastern Produce Council, its annual golf outing, became much more this year for the organization, which typically has a calendar full of events.
Avocados From Mexico has established Avo University, a free online guide with separate training for retailers/wholesalers and foodservice personnel.
GrubMarket, San Francisco, has entered a new market — Texas — with yet another purchase of a fresh produce distributor.
Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, has received Equitable Food Initiative certification for its fifth operation.
Researchers are contacting organic citrus growers for help in developing a holistic approach in battling citrus greening disease, also known as huanglongbing/HLB.
Peaches, nectarines, watermelons, strawberries, raspberries: when people think summer, very specific fruit comes to mind.
LGS Specialty Sales, New Rochelle, N.Y., is sponsoring a consumer contest, One Step at a Time, to raise awareness of breast cancer and encourage consumers to take steps toward better health.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Poblano Fresh Produce Corp. for allegedly violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Church Brothers Farms has four new value-added fresh-cut items under a new line called Ready Sides.
Genaro Produce Inc., Miami, has been barred from operating in the produce industry for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
The CCOF Foundation is helping organic farmers affected by California wildfires.
Caitie Bowers and Tanner Buchanan are the recipients of the 2020 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship.
Fortune Food Product Inc., a Chicago sprout grower and maker of soy products, has agreed to shut down after the Food and Drug Administration issued its first injunction under the Produce Safety Rule.
Here’s what’s happening today at the Sustainable Produce Summit.
Here’s Wednesday’s schedule for the Sustainable Produce Summit.
Here’s Thursday’s schedule for the Sustainable Produce Summit.
As long as the new coronavirus hangs around, bagged potato sales will spike, say marketers of San Luis Valley potatoes.
Dynamic Systems Inc., Bellevue, Wash., has launched a lower-cost version of its SIMBA traceability system designed for smaller produce growers and packers.
Ryan Wilson delivers dynamic keynote at the Sustainable Produce Summit.