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AgroFresh Solutions Inc., which markets SmartFresh and other products to prolong the shelf life of fruits and vegetables, plans to focus on sustainability and curbing food waste at Fruit Logistica.

Food safety-sanitation provider PSSI has rebranded sister company Packers Chemical Inc. as PSSI Chemical Innovations.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently imposed sanctions on three companies for violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

LAS VEGAS — Futurist Mike Lee told attendees at the 2020 Potato Expo that potato marketers must cater to a diverse group of “food tribes” in thinking about serving consumers in the next decade and beyond.

The spring summit highlighting the Mexican grape season will be in Tubac, Ariz., again.

Even in the dead of winter, Washington apple growers are busy preparing for the next apple season.

LAS VEGAS — Britt Raybould of Rexburg, Idaho, is the 2020 president of the National Potato Council.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing changes to school meal programs that could limit the variety of vegetables served at lunch and cut fruit servings at some breakfasts.

(UPDATED, Jan. 21) Produce industry pioneer Frieda Rapoport Caplan, 96, has died.

LAS VEGAS – The 2020 Potato Expo was a record-setter.