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The USDA has tabbed the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition and Fair Food Network to help develop nutrition incentive programs to increase fruit and vegetable purchases for food stamp recipients.

Wegmans is notifying customers that two products available at its in-store salad bars are involved in a national recall of Mann Packing Co. products due to concerns of listeria contamination.

Hydroponic greenhouse grower BrightFarms’ next project is in Hendersonville, N.C., with a 280,000-square-foot facility estimated to produce up to two million pounds of leafy greens to retailers in the region.

The Hass Avocado Board is educating consumers on the health benefits of avocado consumption during November, National Diabetes Awareness Month.

IMG Citrus, Vero Beach, Fla., is marketing white grapefruit in the U.S. as a return to the original heirloom Florida grapefruit.

Lacewing Marketing LLC, Orion Pacific International Inc, and Salazar Produce Company have been cited by the USDA. Estrella Produce, WhyNot Farm and others are new companies to the Market, plus company changes.

“Ugh! This Saturday night I have inventory.”

Pumping up or building massive produce displays is not uncommon during the holidays.

Fagerberg Produce of Eaton, Colo., has agreed to extend its use of Tampa, Fla.-based IFCO reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for its dry onions through 2020.

Vertical farms company AeroFarms, Newark, N.J., is investing $42 million to build a 150,000-square-foot facility in rural Virginia.