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There are plenty of onions available at the end of April after six weeks of the new coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, and the results were apparent in the latest prices.

HBF International LLC, Sheridan, Ore., has hired a new member for its sales team, said CEO Doug Perkins.

Whether retailers and consumers are looking for strawberries, blueberries, blackberries or raspberries, they’ll be able to find them this summer, and they should be pleased with the quality, grower-shippers say.

The California Strawberry Commission wants to make an emotional connection with people through a multi-pronged promotion aimed at connecting the hearts of strawberry growers with the hearts of consumers.

Date growers in California’s Coachella Valley had a wild ride this spring.

Peppers should be plentiful from California’s Coachella Valley this season.

Peaches are a well-known crop in the Carolinas and Georgia, but Florida has been getting into the game the past several years with this kind of careful marketing of its more modest crop of snacking-sized peaches.

The volume of bagged avocados continues to increase every year as consumers seek convenience and/or value options, and retailers discover another way to merchandise avocados and drive sales of multiple pieces of fruit.

Fair Trade-certified bananas are arriving at Earl’s Organic Produce in San Francisco more quickly this year than they had previously, said Rodrigo Velasquez, banana specialist.

Oke USA Fruit Co./Equal Exchange Produce has intensified its consumer-focused marketing efforts on behalf of the three grower cooperatives with which it works in Ecuador and Peru.