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Consumers want both convenience and sustainability in organic produce packaging, and marketers say they will deliver.

About 20% of the produce from Yakima, Wash.-based Domex Superfresh Growers is organic certified, and that percentage is moving up to 25% in the future, says Catherine Gipe-Stewart, director of marketing.

The Salinas, Calif.-based grower-packer-shipper of premium strawberries says deal offers opportunities for growth.

Nick Carter is the CEO and co-founder of Market Wagon based in Indianapolis, Ind.

Troy Bland is the CEO of Bland Farms based in Glennville, Ga.

A new report outlines several ways organic agriculture should benefit from the next farm bill.

The Springfield, Ohio, operation has more than 2 million plants growing at any given time, with the capacity to grow more than 2.4 million packages of herbs and leafy greens in a year.

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a solicitation to procure fresh oranges.

Jennifer Strailey, editorial director of The Packer, presents the 2022 Produce Marketer of the Year award to Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, president and CEO of Produce for Better Health Foundation.