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ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Mango Board recognized ShopRite as its 2018 Mango Retailer of the Year at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.

With a $90-million investment, Bowery Farming plans to build large-scale indoor farms in cities across the country.

Sunset is packing its first winter crop of bright red-and-yellow striped Ahola peppers.

Competing for online grocery shoppers is a dominant trend for leading Chicago retailers.

California table grape growers are shipping record amounts as their season nears an end.

In the wake of the food safety travails of romaine lettuce in recent weeks — and industry navel-gazing about whether health authorities overreacted — I ask this question: What about the good news?

Apio Inc., Guadalupe, Calif., is recalling Eat Smart brand Salad Shake Ups — Sweet Kale salads from Canadian retailers for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Retail produce managers take note: the Idaho Potato Commission’s 2019 retail display contest wants to send you away. To Hawaii.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has increased the number of people who’ve contacted E. coli in an outbreak linked to romaine lettuce from coastal counties in California.

USDA data reports rising truck rates to New York from various produce shipping districts.