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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.

Onion growers and shippers in the Idaho-Eastern Oregon District, like colleagues elsewhere, say they are finding practical use for multiple options in packaging that didn’t exist in years past.

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.

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.

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

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

Retailers want more fair trade products, and fresh fruit and vegetable companies have responded.

For four weeks this summer, Chiquita stickers will be co-branded with a Shazam code that shoppers can scan to see videos of how bananas move through the supply chain from Latin American farms to U.S. grocery stores.

A California committee that focuses on fighting pests and diseases that threaten citrus crops has developed a strategic plan to fight huanglongbing (HLB) with five priorities guiding its focus.

(UPDATED, April 17) Rick Antle, 61, died April 14, leaving what family and friends say will be an enduring legacy.

David Allen Lund, who founded and led the Allen Lund Co., has died.