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The Packer’s 2020 West Coast Produce Expo promises networking opportunities, a virtual expo experience and a robust slate of education sessions.

Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., has promoted John Dmytriw to vice president of business development.

The University of Florida has received federal grants nearly $4.5 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture grants to fight citrus greening, aka huanglongbing/HLB.

The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) today announced it has donated funding from its grant program, Apples4Ed, to the School Nutrition Foundation’s “Help Feed School Kids Now!” emergency feeding campaign.

The Equitable Food Initiative has joined the Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture (AMHPAC) for a series of Spanish-language webinars for its members next month.

The United Fresh Produce Association is hosting web seminars on traceability following the Food and Drug Administration releasing its plan on the topic for the industry.

American Pistachio Growers, Fresno, Calif., which is anticipating the state’s record crop this fall, is launching an advertising campaign through television, print and digital platforms.

The classic combination of strawberries and cream seems to work for Wyard Stomp, since he has a track record for building demand for both components.

Thanks to a green puppy named Pistachio, every resident of an Italian town is receiving a bag of Wonderful Pistachios.

COVID-19 has been no match for Bruce Summers or the agency he serves as administrator: the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service.