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In a survey that I ask new members of the LinkedIn Fresh Produce Industry Discussion Group, I asked about “biggest challenges and biggest opportunities” for this year.

Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Awe Sum Organics is soon bringing Southern Hemisphere grown organic pears to the U.S.

The United Fresh Produce Association has launched its 2021 Compensation Survey for the fresh produce industry, with the results expected in June.

Long-time potato and vegetable growers Norm and Marv Worzella of Worzella & Sons, Inc., Plover, Wis., have been inducted into the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association Hall of Fame.

With fruit and vegetable receipts predicted to dip between 6% and 10%, total U.S. farm income will drop by 8.1% in 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts.

Chelsea, Mass.-based Arrowfarms companies Morning Kiss Organic and Gold Bell are introducing new, fully compostable paper bag potato packaging.

Tampa, Fla.-based IFCO Systems will be the exclusive reusable plastic container provider for Walmart’s fresh fruits and vegetables distributed in the U.S.

Every five years the CDFA holds a mandated referendum vote to provide California avocado growers the opportunity to determine whether the California Avocado Commission will be reapproved.

U.S. lawmakers and state agriculture officials are voicing their support for U.S. blueberry growers days before a key Feb. 11 vote by the International Trade Commission.

James “Jamie” Fussell Jr. is the new director of labor relations at the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, replacing Mike Carlton, who retired in November.