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When Dole made plans for its Now We’re (All) Cooking initiative to encourage aspiring chefs at all levels, an in-person cooking class seemed like a natural part of the 3-month program continuing to mid-January.

The Giumarra Companies announces a partnership with the Genel family of Rancho Agua Blanca to offer Fair Trade Certified™ avocados grown in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.

Consumers in the Boston and New York City areas can now order products from Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., through Amazon Fresh.

Mission Produce, Oxnard, Calif., is launching Mission Jumbos, a pack of larger avocados that addresses the trend of consumers including more avocados in their diets.

Although the pandemic has changed the script a bit in how customers might shop and interact with you or your store staff, having something cool for them to look at, learn from and smile about just might make their day!

Produce and specialty food distributor McCartney Produce, Paris, Tenn., has joined FreshEdge.

Ready-to-eat beet brand, Love Beets USA, celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month.

Loblaw Cos. has chosen Nature Fresh Farms’ Ontario Greenhouse Mixiany Cherry Tomatoes as its President’s Choice Fresh Product of the Year Award.

Fresh-cut produce, as with whole fresh produce commodities, will be eligible for agricultural exemptions that apply to the Department of Transportation’s hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers.

Looking to go above and beyond with your watermelon merchandising? Check out these flavor pairing ideas from the National Watermelon Promotion Board, and let us know which ones resonate in your stores!