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With younger shoppers driving sales growth for the category, produce businesses have multiple ways to stand out at retail.

The Salinas, Calif.-based leafy greens and vegetable grower says its products were not the source of E. coli mentioned in a lawsuit brought forth by Marler Clark.

From social media sensations to innovation centers to award-winning products, Canadian greenhouse growers pulled out all the stops at the recent Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show.

The third-generation Vidalia grower says it marked eight decades of flavor, family and forward-thinking farming with its team.

The Packer and the Texas International Produce Association honored a fresh produce advocate during the Viva Fresh Expo held April 10-12 in Houston.

Marler Clark, a national E. coli law firm, alleges the FDA and CDC failed to report a romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak traced to Taylor Farms.

Inteligistics’ CEO says companies are seeing the value of data as they prepare for a later enforcement date of traceability requirements.

Sprouts Farmers Market the first retailer to stock South Mill Champs’ mushrooms in the eco-friendly bamboo packaging.

The company said it continues to monitor regulatory trends and collaborate with industry stakeholders to advocate for composting facilities and policies that support the wider use of compostable packaging.

Retaliatory tariffs could harm California’s agricultural exports, which totaled $23.6 billion in 2022, potentially costing thousands of jobs, according to the lawsuit.