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The Giumarra Cos., Los Angeles, and Fair Trade USA are planning an educational web seminar during the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.

Washington apple growers, who are about three-fourths through harvest, are seeing a production dip of about 10%, causing the Washington Apple Commission to revise an August forecast.

With added food safety compliance costs of perhaps $1 to $2 per carton, the complications are just beginning for California Salinas Valley romaine shippers and Canadian importers.

Canadian produce industry leader Garry Wagner, 84, died Oct. 3 in Calgary, Alberta.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Farm Fresh Packers LLC.

New Canadian food safety import requirements for U.S. romaine lettuce could cost the Canadian industry between $11 million and $13 million per week.

West Bridgewater, Mass.-based Oke USA Fruit Co./Equal Exchange Produce has partnerships with four small-scale banana producer cooperatives in Ecuador and Peru that produce organic fair trade bananas year-round.

Leafy-greens-focused traceability pilots being conducted by industry operators now will help reveal insights about industry gaps in traceability.

Just about all of the Red River Valley potato grower-shippers were impacted to some degree by a drop in foodservice business during the coronavirus pandemic.

Exports of U.S. fresh produce showed mixed trends over the past year, U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers show.