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The Southeast Produce Council, Millen, Ga., has new dates for its annual show in 2021, with a Star Wars theme — Southern Exposure: The Rise of Produce.

The NGA Show and Indoor Ag-Con, the premier agriculture conference and trade show for the indoor and vertical farming industry, announced that they will co-locate in 2021 for the first time.

In the fall of 2019, Green Thumb Farms launched the “Farmer’s First” program to develop new potato varieties for retailers – and to help consumers discover new products that work well in their kitchens.

The FDA is investigating three E. coli outbreaks, and although each one has a strain associated with current or past outbreaks linked to romaine, the agency said it has no specific evidence pointing to romaine.

Grocery stores have nearly had a captive market during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the statistics reflect that observation.

Good Foods, a category leader of dips and good-for-you products, is rolling out a rebrand of its dairy dip line in stores across the nation.

The consumer’s wild ride through the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet, according to Steve Lutz, senior vice president of insights and innovations for Category Partners.

Although the pandemic has changed the script a bit in how customers might shop and interact with you or your store staff, having something cool for them to look at, learn from and smile about just might make their day!

Produce and specialty food distributor McCartney Produce, Paris, Tenn., has joined FreshEdge.

Ready-to-eat beet brand, Love Beets USA, celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month.