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The organizers of the 2018 Viva Fresh Produce Expo have lined up a diverse range of topics for the event’s educational sessions.

Schmieding Produce, which ships watermelons grown in most of the major watermelon areas in the U.S., has acquired North Carolina grower Moore’s Produce.

Gotham Greens, a New York-based greenhouse grower, recently broke ground on its second greenhouse in the Chicago’s Pullman area.

Superior Fruit has selected Joseph Rumley as its chief financial officer.

(UPDATED, March 20) With the Easter recess soon to start and no draft farm bill yet released, hopes for a bipartisan bill from the House of Representatives Agriculture Committee appear to be fading.

This National Agriculture Day, March 20, we honor those who work tirelessly to put the nation’s most popular U.S.-grown fruit into the hands of our families and friends.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture plans to host its annual Ag Day March 20 at the state capitol.

Market Fresh Produce has hired Sunny Yearwood as an accounting supervisor.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s PACA division has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act against Farmers Best of NYC Inc.

Salinas, Calif.-based The Nunes Co. played host to the Eastern Produce Council’s March dinner meeting at Il Villaggio in Carlstadt, N.J.