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What’s in store for holiday produce shoppers this season? Traditional favorites like sweet potatoes and green beans of course, but fresh, ripe strawberries have become a year-round staple, too.

AgroAmerica, a Central and South American grower and exporter of bananas and pineapples, has donated $50,000 to conservation efforts of a tropical forest known as the Maya Biosphere Reserve.

Fresh pears grown in Oregon and Washington will be subject to a small increase in marketing order assessments for the 2018-19 season.

U.S. exports of potatoes in the most recent quarter saw declines across the board, with the largest drop in fresh exports, in what Potatoes USA says reflects trade disputes with Mexico and China.

At the Center for Produce Safety’s annual Research Symposium in Charlotte N.C., the topics ranged from Listeria and Salmonella validation tools, sanitation methods, water testing and more.

Premium apple varieties are taking a bigger bite of total apple sales, and Vancouver, British Columbia based The Oppenheimer Group is helping to keep the pipeline full of those desired apples.

Fyffes is offering year-round assistance to its workers in melon fields in Honduras and Guatemala.

Honeycrisp volume is up but most every other major apple variety is down compared with last year.

It was a dark and stormy night.

The National Potato Council and United Fresh Start Foundation recently joined students, teachers and staff at a Virginia grade school for a “Celebration of Potatoes” lunchtime event.