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About 4.2 million people live and eat in the greater Montreal metro area, a population that growers, wholesalers, retailers, restaurants and marketers want to feed with their fresh produce as much as possible

The foodservice sector of the Greater Montreal produce industry held its collective breath for three months between March and June and has been trying to catch it ever since.

Tom Lange Co. is marking the 60th anniversary of its founding in St. Louis, Mo., this year.

When C&C Produce Inc. decided to take part in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box program, it gave the company an incentive to move forward with some needed enhancements.

Connecticut Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Hurlburt said consumers are seeing the value in buying locally grown produce more since the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fragility of the supply chain.

The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic sent shock waves through the supermarket industry, with shoppers in panic-buying mode stripping fruit and vegetable shelves bare.

There’s been a 96% decrease in particulate matter and an 83% reduction of nitrogen oxide from the baseline of the old trucks because of the Hunts Point Clean Trucks Program.

BRONX, N.Y.— Drivers who exit Hunts Point Produce Market in South Bronx can’t miss the 270,000-square-foot office, storage and distribution warehouse with 99 docks for truck loads.

BRONX, N.Y. — Walk along with Northeast editor Amy Sowder as she takes Stefanie Katzman’s tour of the new facilities at S. Katzman Produce at Hunts Point Produce Market.

Check out some updates on the businesses inside and nearby the Hunts Point Produce Market, Bronx, N.Y.