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Organically Grown Co.’s David Lively has been re-appointed to the Organic Trade Association’s board of directors.

FDA officials looking into the source of the cyclospora in McDonald’s salads found two samples of U.S.-grown romaine with the parasites, although they weren’t connected to the outbreak attributed to the salads.

Even as harvest accelerated, New York apple industry leaders rose early Sept. 5 to fly to Washington D.C. to lobby on critical trade issues.

Three months after the USDA pulled the plug on a plan to establish a national organic promotion and research program funded by grower assessments, the Organic Trade Association is resurrecting the plan.

Can a voluntary checkoff program work?

The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation has helped establish corrugated packaging design labs at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., and Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.

Skies were sunny and blue on Sept. 11 in Chadbourn, N.C., but Hurricane Florence was bound to change that reality by Sept. 12 or Sept. 13.

Are fresh fruits and vegetables getting their “fair share”?

Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., is hosting its 20th Avocado Grower Seminar series to address integrated pest management (IPM) and biological control agents.

The fifth Tour de Fresh has raised $147,000, which will pay for at least 46 salad bars in schools.