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Starr Ranch Growers, Wenatchee, Wash., has consolidated sales offices in Yakima, Wash., and hired Shawn Loudon to its sales team there.
Calavo Growers reported avocado volume rose 18.2% in the quarter ending July 31, but that was offset by a 37% decline in average selling prices.
RLS Logistics, Mt. Laurel, N.J., has added Gress Refrigerated Services & Logistics, Scranton, Pa., to its network of Partnering Regional Operators and member of the RLS network of cold chain solutions providers.
The number of cases of salmonella linked to Prima Wawona brand California peaches has risen to 78 in the U.S. and 48 in Canada, according to health agencies in each country.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Standards Board’s fall meeting will be online, and meeting materials, proposals and other information is available for viewing.
West Pak Avocado, Murrieta, Calif., hired Ruben Barahona in a new position of director of logistics.
Smurfit Kappa executive Juan Pablo Perez has been appointed as the president of the Corrugators Association of the Caribbean and Central and South America.
The South Texas Onion Committee is conducting a referendum through the U.S. Department of Agriculture on whether to continue the marketing order.
The International Banana Convention 2020 will be an online event for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Total losses from the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on the Washington State’s potato industry is estimated to top $1 billion, according to a study by Washington State University.
Limoneira Co., Santa Paula, Calif., has sold land near Lindsay, Calif., that had almost 300 acres of orange and specialty citrus groves.
Avocado company Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has filed for an initial public offering, with plans to use the symbol “AVO” on the NASDAQ.
Wapato, Wash.-based Pace International has launched a cloud-based data management software system, Pace InSite.
The United Fresh Produce Association is offering two traceability web seminars.
North Carolina sweet potatoes have achieved superfood status as more and more people around the world discover their sweet, nutrition-packed flavor.
Effective Oct. 7, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will require that romaine lettuce from California’s Salinas Valley be tested for E. coli.
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Since April 1, Produce Marketing Association members have been coming together nearly every Wednesday at noon for a Virtual Town Hall meeting.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has closed its investigation into a Salmonella Newport outbreak that was traced to red onions from Thomson International Inc., Bakersfield, Calif.
More than a dozen companies that supply produce in the U.S. have joined the 10x20x30 initiative, in which a group of 10-plus retailers have at least 20 suppliers who pledge to cut foot loss and waste in half by 2030.
Verdant Technologies, St. Paul, Minn., has patented HarvestHold, a new take on 1-MCP products that keep the produce and flowers fresher by inhibiting natural ethylene that triggers the ripening process.
The Food and Drug Administration is scheduling three day-long virtual meetings on its proposed rule to increase traceability requirements on fresh produce and other foods.
Leamington, Ontario-based Nature Fresh Farms will plant one tree for every social media post featuring the firm’s sustainability messaging.
As Florida’s fall harvest season begins, there are new efforts to provide COVID-19 testing for farmworkers.
The Packer’s Tom Karst spoke Sept. 30 with Don Goodwin, founder of GoldenSun Insights about the firm’s transition to new owners Jason Fuller and Randy Riley and the extent of his continuing role with the company.
Traverse City, Mich.-based North Bay Produce highlighted new branding and updated graphics on its packaging at the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit.
Packaging supplier Sev-Rend, Collinsville, Ill., highlighted its new Bio-Able Solutions line of products at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Expo.
Spring Valley Fruits, Pharr, Texas, highlighted a new eco-friendly clamshell for guava at the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit.
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