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Frank Robert “Bob” Nunes, who founded The Nunes Co. in 1976 with his brother Tom, has died.

Jack Cain Sr., a long-time employee of Catalytic Generators, Norforlk, Va., died Oct. 17. He was 85.

Leo Baribeau, who was president of Star Produce and active in the Canadian Produce Marketing Association, has died.

Ken Martin, who left a short career as a funeral director and mortician in Missouri to manage what became one of the Rio Grande Valley’s major citrus operations, has died.

Ann Beaulieu, vice president of research and development and regulatory at Philadelphia-based AgroFresh Solutions, will join an advisory council focused on improving access to nutritious foods and reducing food waste.

Georgia peach grower Robert Dickey III and Florida vegetable grower Charles Obern have been named 2019 Farmers of the Year by Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo.

Jerry Havel, active in the produce industry right out of college and a veteran of the Nogales, Ariz., import business, has died.

Jim Gulick, former vice president of logistics-North America for Del Monte Fresh Produce, died on June 30.

Mike Krage is the Idaho Potato Commission’s newest retail promotions director, covering the Northeast and Midwest.

Long-time East Coast tomato industry operator Batista Madonia, 81, has died.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association expressed its approval for the federal government’s investments that benefit the fresh fruit and vegetable industry. 

Working with your father can be complicated, but for Paul Mattie, it wasn’t.

Through the end of January, votes are being accepted for $85,000 in grants.

Samuel Strock, long-time president of Chelsea, Mass.-based S. Strock & Co., died Dec. 5.

The farm bill is in the hands of President Trump, following the Senate and House approval of the legislation, widely praised by groups representing fresh produce growers and marketers.

Embracing what they called a bipartisan result, House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders released the text of the 2018 Farm Bill conference report.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., and Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., set the stage for the March on Capitol Hill fresh produce industry leaders on Sept. 25.

Long-time New Jersey vegetable industry leader Vincent “Sonny” Consalo Sr., 87, died July 18.

Although this season got off to a slower start than last year, Chile expects to ship a record 101,000 tons of mandarins to North America this year, a 32% increase from 2017.