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Good retail sales in March with a dwindling storage apple crop may push prices higher late in the season.

Golden Pearl Mushrooms Ltd., Richmond, British Columbia, is recalling pea shoots grown in Canada after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported a positive test for Listeria monocytogenes.

J&D Produce, Edingburg, Texas, has a new consumer marketing campaign featuring its HoneySweet onion brand.

Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., is again shipping Gem avocados, to complement full-size hass avocados grown in California.

With a new Vidalia onion season officially opening April 22, Bland Farms has a new package design.

Brendan Kline has joined the Organic Harvest Network as a sales associate.

Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has a new website promoting the company’s extensive avocado supply and ripening network.

Vidalia onions are now shipping to retailers, and the Vidalia Onion Committee is celebrating its new marketing campaign, The Sweet Life.

Federal health agencies are investigating a Salmonella Carrau outbreak involving 93 people, linked to fresh-cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon from Caito Foods, Indianapolis.

Dole Food Co. is offering a new line of Bountiful Kits, ready-to-eat salad kits that feature the plant-based protein trend.