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The South Florida produce industry is getting ready to tee up for the 35th Annual Don Strock Diabetes Golf Classic.

Retailers should see plenty of mango volume this spring for heavy promotions, importers say.

Attendees of the Viva Fresh Produce Expo, April 5-7 in San Antonio, will once again have the chance to connect directly with students from Texas A&M University who are interested in careers in the produce industry.

Bakersfield, Calif.-based Cal-Organic Farms, subsidiary of Grimmway Farms, is launching a consumer-oriented organic brand campaign.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, (foreground), Lef Farms in Loudon, N.H., in September during a “Back to Our Roots” RV tour. Perdue and USDA staff are again traveling in an RV this week.

Avocado marketer Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., has scheduled its next seminar series for avocado growers.

Having taken a quick look this morning at the recently updated per capita numbers for fresh vegetables, I am here to tell you the winners and losers.

Fresh pummelo citrus fruit from Thailand will be allowed access to the U.S., according to a new proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Andrew Balducci, owner of the Balducci’s food store in New York’s Greenwich Village, died March 22. He was 92.

The National Mango Board has new officers.