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Curation Foods has added a new salad line, Vineyard Collection, to its Eat Smart brand.

Wedge Community Co-op, Anthony Marano Co, Wada Farms Marketing Group LLC, and Pexco Produce Sales have endorsements. Greenlife Cactus Inc is new to the market.

Devine Organics LLC, JCR Produce Company, Summit Harvest Inc have endorsements. The Fresh Connections has updated business website.

Both retail and farm-level prices for fresh vegetables have been revised upward for 2019.

The Equitable Food Initiative is partnering with Costco Wholesale in California, Oregon and Washington to boost consumer awareness and sales of EFI-certified fruits and vegetables.

Organic grower-shipper Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., is rebranding Green Wave Farms, its fresh-cut vegetable line.

How is the produce department similar to soda, to chips, to beer?

Aboubaker, C & S Farms, and Hankerson Brokerage Inc are new companies to the market. G & D Produces Inc, Papa Sprout Inc and Verfruco Foods Inc have updates.

Los Angeles-based private equity company Butterfly has closed on the $510 million acquisition of Bolthouse Farms, Bakersfield, Calif.

Organic grower-shipper Wholesum, Amado, Ariz., has a new program to highlight its Fair Trade program for consumers and retailers.