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Stress, anxiety and depression can kill. And there are many produce professionals suffering silently without knowledge of how to cope in healthy ways, how to seek support and, when necessary, professional help.

The service will deliver ready-to-eat meals from the grocer’s deli to customers in as little as 30 minutes.

They rise early, just like a farmer or baker does, to begin the day.

Winners will get $10,000 in cash and prizes for this contest by the National Watermelon Promotion Board, running July through August.

The Giant Co. opened a 50,340-square-foot store in Richboro, Pa., with the company’s signature fresh departments, including its farm-fresh produce.

Coral Gables, Fla.-based Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has officially launched its Mini Honeyglow pineapple in North America.

Organic tomatoes brought in more than $290.5 million in 2020, and marketers moved more than $75.4 million pounds of the vegetable, according to IRI. And organic tomato purchases are clearly driven by age.

Canada on June 20 announced final regulations banning select single-use plastic manufactured items, including checkout bags, cutlery, certain foodservice ware, ring carriers, stir sticks, and most straws.

Consumer confusion abounds when it comes to what can and can’t be recycled, industrial versus home composting and the end-of-life reality for different types of packaging.

Valencia, Calif.-based Sunkist Growers has launched ‘The Official Orange of American Summers’ campaign to celebrate the exclusive California-grown orange variety this time of year.