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As the Food and Drug Administration phases out vitamins A and C on nutrition labels in favor of vitamin D and potassium, Monterey Mushrooms is reminding consumers that mushrooms are a source of vitamin D.

Acelera Produce Inc., Agora DC, Dicks Family Foods, Huckleberrys Fresh Market, and Shady Brook Farm are new companies to the Market. Clayton Farms, Erb’s Produce Market, Rader Farms Inc., and others have changes.

Frello Fresh LLC, La Barca Produce, Samuel B Ramer, Samuel K Beiler, and Steven S Glick are new companies to the Market. Gowan Orchards Inc., Mackaaron Orchard, Manheim Farm, Marks Melon Patch and others have changes.

Watsonville, Calif.-based A & A Organic Farms is introducing a line of retail-ready packages.

Feeding Illinois, L.E.K. Consulting LLC, and Surf Market are new companies to the Market. Always Fresh Trading Inc., Associated Produce Inc., Golden Valley Fruit Packing Inc., Morris Farms Inc., and others have updates.

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

Brookshire Grocery Company, Jimmy’s Fresh Air Galaxy, and LynOaken Farms are new companies to the Market. El Metate Foods Inc., Fruits From Chile, Oakhill Organics LLC, Vertical Foods LLC and other have updates.

When it came time for judges for the 2019 Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award to choose a Platinum winner, they found it easy to pronounce “Fyffes.”

A promotional campaign for Chilean fruit called the “Super Fruit Bowl” is lining up with the National Football League’s Super Bowl.

Veggie Noodle Co. LLC is recalling a ramen kit because it contains a hard-boiled egg from a company involved in a recall for a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.