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Amazon Produce Network now is offering papayas from Guatemala, complementing its mango deal, said Greg Golden, partner and sales manager.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Chiquita has donated more than 4.4 million pounds of bananas this year through its partnership with Feeding America.

Farmer-owned cooperative Eastern Carolina Organics has rebranded the organization as Happy Dirt.

After nearly 50 years in the fresh produce industry, Craig Laker is retiring at the end of the year.

Wauwatosa, Wisc.-based NiceLabel has been named a top software and technology provider for the food industry.

Crown Jewels Produce, Nogales, Ariz., will significantly increase the amount of green beans the company brings in from West Mexico this season.

A man who the U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled was “responsibly connected” to a business in a case involving $9.8 million in unpaid produce purchases continues to challenge the decision.

Although SunFed has year-round programs, most of the company’s production is in winter.

Traceback investigations into three concurrent E. coli outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce from the Salinas, Calif., area, has led to one common grower.

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