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A new non-profit organization is using technology to bring produce farmers and food banks together to reduce food waste, creating an easier way of donating surplus produce.

CCOF Certification Services, Santa Cruz, Calif., has promoted April Crittenden to chief certification officer.

Fueled by consumer demand for fresh celery juice, prices for celery soared to more than $60 a carton in early April.

The National Potato Council has promoted Kam Quarles to chief executive officer.

The Organic Trade Association is presenting a web seminar April 11 on its program to identify and stop fraud in the organic supply chain.

Most shoppers aren’t getting social with their supermarket

Fed by a consumer juicing craze, prices for fresh celery have soared to historic highs close to $70 per carton and could remain strong for weeks — perhaps months.

A celebration of life for Leonard Pike, known as the father of the Texas 1015 Supersweet Onion, will be April 13 in Bryan, Texas.

BC Tree Fruits Cooperative, Kelowna, British Columbia, has appointed Todd McMyn as CEO and Ross Dwhytie as chief financial officer.

The Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration are working together to reduce food waste.