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As families continue to settle into the 2021-2022 school year, the Bee Sweet Citrus team reports an ample supply of versatile citrus varieties to meet the demands of the back-to-school season.

The Packer’s Tom Karst, editor, and Amy Sowder, Northeast editor, talked the morning of Sept. 28 with Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, president and CEO of the Produce for Better Health Foundation.

Avocados From Mexico announced that it will be rolling out new, limited-time pink packaging during Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October in support of the brand’s first-of-its-kind partnership with Susan G. Komen.

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. announced the appointment of Nikki Carver to the company’s Board of Directors.

Fresh Produce and Floral Council have received the sad news that Wayne Snodgrass, of Loomis Distributing, Inc. and formerly Apio, Inc., has passed away.

Burro, formerly known as Augean Robotics, an autonomy company providing solutions for the agriculture industry, today announced it has raised a $10.9 million Series A.

After safely and successfully meeting in Savannah, Georgia for Southern Innovations, many SEPC members are keeping the momentum going by already registering for Southern Exposure in Orlando, Florida, March 3 – 5, 2022.

Tangelo is focused on improving nutrition education, affordability, and access to healthy, locally sourced food for nutrition insecure consumers, says founder and CEO Jeremy Cooley.

The Minor Crop Farmer Alliance is calling on the Biden administration to use sound science to direct the federal government’s pesticide safety decision-making.

Fyffes has concluded its first community needs assessment in the surrounding communities of its melon farms in Choluteca, Honduras.