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Sev-Rend, Collinsville, Ill., has hired Karl Hertel as chief financial officer.

Mario Basciani, a mushroom grower known for his tireless work ethic and founder of Basciani Foods, has died.

As the fall/winter growing season in Yuma, Ariz., approaches, the Arizona Leafy Green Marketing Agreement has approved new water and field metrics.

The Produce Marketing Association has chosen Jones Valley Teaching Farm, Birmingham, Ala., as its first Impact Award recipient.

The Sprout Safety Alliance has scheduled its next training course for growers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has banned PK Produce Inc., Canton, Ohio, from doing business in the produce industry.

Micki Seibel has joined Unfold as vice president of product.

Giro Pack Inc. is rethinking plastic in terms reducing it, and optimizing its use in each package it manufactures to reduce overall environmental effects.

A tradition for the Eastern Produce Council, its annual golf outing, became much more this year for the organization, which typically has a calendar full of events.

Here’s what’s happening today at the Sustainable Produce Summit.