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Business conditions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic cost Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. more than $70 million in net sales for the quarter ending Sept. 25, hampering banana, value-added and fresh sales.

For produce operators, the cost of doing business took on a whole new context after the COVID-19 pandemic began.

UPDATED: The USDA is allocating another $500 million for the Farmers to Family Food Box Program, which has already distributed more than 110 million boxes of produce, meat and dairy products.

Tony Alameda, co-owner of Top Flavor Farms, is the new chairman of the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California.

GS1 US is accepting proposals from potential speakers at GS1 Connect: Digital Edition 2021.

Has COVID-19 killed produce markets or brought them new life?

The Texas International Produce Association’s Viva Fresh Expo, cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be a hybrid in-person and virtual event.

As Florida’s fall harvest season begins, there are new efforts to provide COVID-19 testing for farmworkers.

Bayer’s Crop Science Division’s Future of Farming Dialogue has changed from an in-person event to a virtual series.

The Walmart Foundation has given Brighter Bites $1.5 million to expand to California and support efforts in existing cities during the COVID-19 pandemic.