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Probably no segment of the economy has suffered more from the COVID-19 pandemic than the foodservice industry.

If you ask a produce supplier how foodservice business has been these days, you’re likely to get a blank stare.

Braga Fresh, Soledad, Calif., has hired Colby Pereira as vice president of operations.

The Wonderful Co., Los Angeles, is donating $1 million to non-profit organizations and schools in California’s Central Valley to offset COVID-19 losses.

Discounted online registration is available for the U.S. Apple Association’s Outlook 2020 conference.

As anticipated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing a third round of contracts for the Farmers to Family Food Box Program, to spend the full $3 billion approved for the program.

How much productivity is being lost on American farms because of COVID-19?

The Packer’s Tom Karst visited July 28 with Ann Beaulieu, vice president and director of research & development and regulatory affairs at AgroFresh and Fernando Edagi, commercial technical manager for the company.

Recovering from the human and economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic won’t be easy.

The demand for citrus has not disappointed in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, but the supply side has lagged a bit.