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Chicago-based Hazel Technologies Inc. has completed peach, nectarine, and plum supply chain quality trials with the University of California, Davis.

Miami, Fla.-based J&C Tropicals has received its first shipment ever of golden berries from Ecuador on Dec. 12, according to a news release.

Produce industry veteran Bob Schachtel, 75, died Nov. 16.

Portland, Ore.-based Duck Delivery Produce Inc. has been awarded a maximum $26 million contract to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to schools and reservations served by the USDA in Washington and Oregon.

Amazon Produce Network now is offering papayas from Guatemala, complementing its mango deal, said Greg Golden, partner and sales manager.

Crown Jewels Produce, Nogales, Ariz., will significantly increase the amount of green beans the company brings in from West Mexico this season.

A man who the U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled was “responsibly connected” to a business in a case involving $9.8 million in unpaid produce purchases continues to challenge the decision.

Although SunFed has year-round programs, most of the company’s production is in winter.

Traceback investigations into three concurrent E. coli outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce from the Salinas, Calif., area, has led to one common grower.

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