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Although pumpkin harvest has started, it’s still “The Growing Season” at Frey Farms, Keenes, Ill.

Hurricane Laura slammed into Cameron, La., with winds of 150 m.p.h. at 1 a.m. Central on Aug. 27, leaving coastal areas nearby battered and bringing heavy winds and rains inland.

North Shore Greenhouses, Thermal, Calif., has named Vivianna Greene as marketing manager and promoted Brittney Bubb to creative director.

After two “fairly short” years, California’s pomegranate volume should be moving back to normal this season.

The USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program gets mixed reviews from sweet potato growers across the country.

John Lyons, director of sales at Alpine Fresh, Miami, is retiring after 30 years at the company.

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has made more than 50 changes to rules as the group continues a review of its practices following E. coli outbreaks in recent years.

Melon grower and marketer Legend Produce, Scottsdale, Ariz., has hired Brian Faseler as a sales associate.

The California Kiwifruit Administrative Committee, Sacramento, is conducting grower elections.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation has been chosen as the recipient of FLM Harvest’s 2020 Seed to Succeed pro bono program.