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Alex Ott is leaving the California Apple Commission and other commodity boards to become the full-time executive director of the American Pecan Council.

The Idaho Potato Commission is seeking out spud lovers for a new consumer contest.

At the former site of the Bethlehem Steel mill in Baltimore, long after that business shut down, a new business is sprouting.

Georgia is not known as a citrus state. Not yet, anyway.

California’s citrus industry has a $7.12 billion economic impact, according to a study commissioned by the Citrus Research Board.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has found three Oriental fruit flies in south Miami-Dade County.

The U.S. and Mexico have been making progress toward their goal of reducing the risk of illnesses linked to produce, according to a Food and Drug Administration report.

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Trade tension intensified this week as the U.S. attempted to pressure China into ceasing what President Donald Trump describes as unfair trade practices, including the theft of intellectual property and technology.

Produce companies continue to implement and expand programs designed to make their operations more sustainable, and spreading the word about those efforts is the next step as consumers show interest in grower practices.