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Fall is a busy time on the Northern California produce scene as consumers return to the kitchen to prepare hearty autumn dishes and distributors gear up for the holidays.

Suppliers say business is booming at Toronto’s Ontario Food Terminal, where dozens of produce companies provide customers with an extensive variety of fresh fruits, vegetables and other items.

There were fears last summer that a review conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs might recommend a new location for the largest wholesale produce distribution center in Canada.

NEW YORK — The Bolthouse Farms gang is back together, and they’re pumping out new product lines that embody the new company mission: Plants powering people.

Organic produce plays a role in the Chicago market, but that role may not be as pronounced as it is the West and the East.

Many Texas distributors say they’re in kind of an in-between mode — between the sales bump of the holidays and the next buildup that starts as spring nears, tourists arrive and conventions come to town.

The cold storage division has become the company’s biggest growth area at Brothers Produce Inc., Houston, said Brent Erenwert, CEO.

Hardie’s Fresh Foods puts more than a little emphasis on local produce, said Michelle Weech, vice president of marketing.

TMC Produce Solutions has opened a new office in Florida’s Miami/Pompano Beach area.

With the arrival of the holiday season coupled with the general trend toward more healthful eating, business among Chicago-area produce distributors seems to be thriving.