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There are voices of concern about the third round of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

The Idaho Grower Shipper Association has cancelled its 92nd annual convention due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Probably no segment of the economy has suffered more from the COVID-19 pandemic than the foodservice industry.

If you ask a produce supplier how foodservice business has been these days, you’re likely to get a blank stare.

Braga Fresh, Soledad, Calif., has hired Colby Pereira as vice president of operations.

The Wonderful Co., Los Angeles, is donating $1 million to non-profit organizations and schools in California’s Central Valley to offset COVID-19 losses.

Discounted online registration is available for the U.S. Apple Association’s Outlook 2020 conference.

As anticipated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is releasing a third round of contracts for the Farmers to Family Food Box Program, to spend the full $3 billion approved for the program.

How much productivity is being lost on American farms because of COVID-19?

The Packer’s Tom Karst visited July 28 with Ann Beaulieu, vice president and director of research & development and regulatory affairs at AgroFresh and Fernando Edagi, commercial technical manager for the company.