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Kate Degan brings more than 15 years of experience in the food industry to her new role in the metro New York and New Jersey produce division.

JC Cheyne sells over 70 different items, including a variety of potatoes and onions, to more than 80 retail, foodservice and wholesale establishments throughout California.

The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak in fresh-cut and whole cantaloupe is now over. The outbreak sickened more than 407 people in the U.S.

The Arlington, Va.-based organization said the MyPlate National Strategic Partnership named it a champion, which is the partnership’s highest level of recognition.

The organization has planned a social media campaign and additional recognition of scholars and volunteers.

The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences shares the keys to the state’s strawberry success.

Against a backdrop of corporate consolidation, Michoacán’s small-scale avocado farmers tend to receive a disproportionately small share of the profits generated by the sale of their product.

Joanna Carraway is the 2013 winner of the Tomorrow’s Top Producer Horizon Award.