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San Francisco-based Afresh Technologies and Portland, Ore.-based New Seasons Market have partnered to bring Afresh’s Fresh Operating System into select retail stores in the Pacific Northwest.

The youngest generation handling business for their family companies at Hunts Point Produce Market weigh in on what trends they’re seeing in the greater New York City area.

The USDA announced that Espirit Trading Inc. satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $26,990 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.

At least 21 produce industry organizations in Canada and the U.S. issued a joint statement calling for “urgent government action” to address significant ongoing supply chain disruptions.

The harsh truth right now in the produce aisle is that sales in much of the country are at a yearly low. That’s a difficult fact to admit, isn’t it?

I feel a disturbance in the force — in several produce departments and in all the other grocery stores this produce scribe patronizes. In numerous markets I hear this familiar phrase too frequently: out of stocks.

Home-to-Home food technology platform and community marketplace Tre’dish has today announced a $10m seed funding round as it commercializes and scales operations across the U.S. and Canada.

Avocados From Mexico will be back again for the National Football League’s biggest game in February, and former New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees will star in the group’s 30-second television spot.

Supplies of Peruvian asparagus should be plentiful for festive holiday meals, and importers say quality should be good.

Retailers will have plenty of opportunity to boost pear categories during the month of December thanks to National Pear Month.