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The Organic Trade Association is honoring Israel Morales Sr. of JV Farms Organics as its Organic Farmer of the Year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved imports of raspberries from Morocco.

Jerry Havel, active in the produce industry right out of college and a veteran of the Nogales, Ariz., import business, has died.

The Produce Marketing Association, Newark, Del., has appointed Richard Owen to vice president of membership and engagement for the Western U.S. and Canada.

The Packer’s editor Tom Karst visits July 24 with Don Goodwin, president of Golden Sun Marketing.

The United Fresh Produce Association plans to update the Good Agricultural Practices Harmonized Standard, 10 years after its inception.

Tonya Antle’s retail panel at the Organic Produce Summit had a lot of great content in less than 30 minutes. Not all of it fit into the coverage I had from the show.

NatureFresh Farms, Leamington, Ontario, has hired Paul Hulsbos as procurement manager, based in Mexico.

The USDA named 49 recipients of Agricultural Trade Promotion funds — designed to spur new export markets for growers hurt by tariffs and other trade disruptions — including 11 produce industry groups.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s fruit and vegetable industry advisory committee will meet Aug. 14-15 in Arlington, Va.