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The Tour de Fresh cycling fundraiser for school salads bars has chosen 12 districts to receive 45 salad bars from this year’s event.
Vegetable growers of red and green leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, cauliflower and broccolini, among other crops, is feeling a ripple effect from last year’s multistate E. coli outbreaks and subsequent recalls.
Fullei Fresh, Miami, is recalling organic bean sprouts from Whole Foods Markets in Florida because of a possible Listeria Monocytogenes contamination.
McDill Associates, Soquel, Calif., scooped up awards at the 2018 Silicon Valley ADDY Awards, including a gold award for marketing Pure Hothouse products.
Tomra Food’s BBC Technologies, which specializes in packaging equipment for small fruit, has a new Tray Tipper, designed to evenly distribute blueberries to a sorting machine.
A broad coalition of fruit and vegetable industry groups have petitioned the FMCSA to modify the Hours of Service and Electronic Logging Device rules for perishable fruit and vegetable commodities.
The Port of Savannah, Ga., has added East-West routes to its chilled produce business, with new services to Europe and Asia.
United Fresh Produce Association said that the Harmonized Standard Audit is now available from numerous organizations.
Ozblu blueberry varieties will be grown in the U.S. for the first time with Peru-based Migiva Group’s purchase of two Florida berry properties.
Wholesum is expanding its Fair Trade program with organic artichokes in Salinas, Calif.
The Peruvian Avocado Commission has a new board of directors.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council’s Blueberry Promotion, Research and Information order is seeking new members.
New Zealand exporter T&G Global Ltd. is reporting the country’s weather is setting the stage for a favorable apple season.
(UPDATED, March 19) The Food and Drug Administration has finalized new compliance dates for the agricultural water requirements in the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule.
The Hass Avocado Board’s latest report on shopper insights shows that avocado-buying households are diverse in different regions of the U.S.
Wholesum Family Farms is seeing a lot of traction from its multi-color Kaleidos organic snacking tomatoes.
Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., has hired Jeff Cook as chief financial officer.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is hosting a web seminar on how to become an approved vendor to the agency.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture has chosen April 22 as the official pack date of the famous onions.
Kelly Davis, director of produce and floral of Allegiance Retail Services, Iselin, N.J., has joined the Eastern Produce Council’s executive board.
Publix Super Markets Inc, Lakeland FL; Woods Produce Company Inc, Meadows Of Dan VA; J & R Produce Inc, Houston TX have been Endorsed. Plus new companies to the Market.
Syngenta Vegetable Seeds and the Produce Marketing Association have formed an alliance in which the seed company will help sponsor a number of PMA events.
Organic produce is a $5.7 billion industry, taking up almost a 10% share of all U.S. retail produce sales — and there’s no sign of this trend letting up anytime soon.
Late April signals the start of a new Vidalia onion season each year, and with it comes Shuman Farms’ commitment to supporting Produce for Kids and Feeding America.
Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., has promoted Joe Angelo to sales manager of the brand’s conventional and organic brands.
Nathel & Nathel Inc, Bronx NY has been Endorsed. Listing moves for Greg Molis Produce Inc, Guy J Varley Inc, Melon 1 and Original Produce Distributing Inc. Plus New Companies to the Market.
Taylor Farms Texas Inc., Dallas, is recalling Caesar salads with chicken due to an undeclared allergen — anchovies — an ingredient in the dressing.
Side Delights value-added potato products are promoting mushrooms with A Week’s Worth of Yum, highlighting them in recipes.
Mid-May rain in California is likely to damage some cherries, but marketers believe there will be plenty of promotion opportunities for all sizes through mid-June.
The USDA sanctions firms in AZ, CA, MD, NY & TX for failing to pay seller for produce. F & S Produce Co Inc, H Mart Houston Inc, M & M Farm Inc, and Wholesale Produce Supply LLC, have been Endorsed.