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Keeping employees safe and getting produce to anxious consumers in the time of COVID-19 has become as big a challenge for farmers as growing a healthy crop.

Texas is taking a big share of Mexican import growth in recent years.

Texas onion grower-shippers opened their season with unprecedented market conditions that included a near-shutdown of foodservice outlets and booming demand from retailers.

The decision to cancel the 2020 Viva Fresh Expo was a tough decision to make, but was the right thing to do, said Dante Galeazzi, president and CEO of the Texas International Produce Association.

Suntreat Packing & Shipping Co., Dinuba, Calif., has donated citrus to New York City, the hotspot for COVID-19 cases and deaths in the U.S.

The COVID-19 pandemic does not seem to be having a major impact on sales at Denver distributors, expect for the foodservice segment, but companies have implemented various preventive measures.

Coosemans-Denver is offering Gourmet Premium Food Boxes that Garrick Macek, vice president of operations, expects will become more and more popular as consumers cope with COVID-19.

The Chelsea-Everett area bordering Boston was hit hard — really hard — by the new coronavirus in March and April, but many of the region’s produce companies are inching their way back to better days.

Most people embark on a hodgepodge approach to building sustainability into their business plan, said Andrew Southwood, owner of Montreal-based Fresh Xpressions.

Montreal Produce Terminal Market moved in late spring from an outdoor terminal in the Central Market area to a $40 million, 120,000-square-foot renovated and rebuilt facility.