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Sun Belle Inc. has installed a roof-top solar energy system at its Maryland distribution center, with the capacity to offset more than 35% of its energy needs.

A proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture aims to bolster the National Organic Program’s oversight and enforcement of the production, handling and sale of organic products.

More consumers are putting asparagus in their carts. The vegetable was the No. 2 item that shoppers said they tried in the past year that they hadn’t eaten previously.

Three Texas companies have lost their Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act licenses.

The Government of Canada is the first international partner of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology.

Meal kit provider Hello Fresh has won Santa Paula, Calif.-based Limoneira Co. inaugural Pink Lemon of the Year Award for 2019-20.

Sysco Canada is recalling red onions imported from the U.S., naming the onions as the possible source of a salmonella outbreak, and Canadian health officials are advising people not to eat the onions.

(UPDATED) Thomson International Inc., Bakersfield, Calif., is recalling onions it grew after the Food and Drug Administration identified them in a salmonella outbreak.

United Fresh has food safety web seminars scheduled on a variety of topics, starting with a look at the FDA’s recent unveiling of its blueprint for the New Era of Smarter Food Safety.

Fresh produce advocates Lori Taylor and Shreela Sharma recently spoke at the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior’s annual conference.