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The Food and Drug Administration is extending the application period for the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program.

Echoing concerns raised in the fresh produce industry, members of Congress serving on House agriculture subcommittees, are asking about the process to award contracts for the Farmers to Families Food Box program.

Are the U.S. and China headed for a “cold war”?

The fresh produce industry continues to help families with meals during the pandemic, and employees are going above and beyond during the pandemic.

Moving about 1 million boxes a day to food banks and other charities, the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program is gaining speed and is on track to hit 44 million boxes delivered by the end of June.

The Packer’s West Coast Produce Expo has a new date and format to provide streaming and digital content to complement the Palm Desert, Calif., event. with an expo that encourages social distancing.

I was talking with an East Coast distributor the other day who mentioned that fruit buying patterns have been unusually hard to anticipate.

Awe Sum Organics, Santa Cruz, Calif., expects to have Pacific Northwest blueberries starting June 22.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture web seminar for specialty crop growers on how to apply for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program is at 3 p.m. Eastern today.

House Democrats are raising concerns about the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, saying it fails to recognize the premium value of organic crops and does not fully account for the farm value of some specialty crops.