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Football fans bought more than 66.6 million avocados leading into the Super Bowl this year, according to the Hass Avocado Board, which breaks down sales for holidays and events for each sales quarter.

Stemilt’s Artisan Organics peach and nectarine crops are available in two new packs.

Generation Farms, Vidalia, Ga., is adding white and purple garlic to its line of fruits and vegetables.

Dave Corsi chairman, of the Center for Produce Safety’s board of director for two years, has been succeeded by Vic Smith.

DMA Solutions, Dallas, is offering “Marketing Matters,” a web seminar for produce professionals.

Sirna & Sons Produce has brought in Allie Sirna as the second member of the Sirna family’s fourth generation to join the company, said Tom Sirna, president.

Are consumers changing their preferences around fresh produce because of COVID-19? And will their new behaviors stick around after the pandemic has subsided?

The COVID-19 crisis has caused consumers to see plastic produce in a new way.

Lakeside Organic Gardens, Watsonville, Calif., has a unique new product, organic fioretto.

The produce business seems to be gradually rebounding in Los Angeles as stores and restaurants start to reopen after more than two months of shutdowns triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.