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A new rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow expanded U.S. port access to citrus from South Africa.

Although legal challenges by President Trump injected uncertainty, the results of the Nov. 3 election were pointing to a victory by Democrat Joe Biden as of Nov. 5.

New York-based Bowery Farming donated $20,000 to the Maryland Food Bank through a commitment based on the Mid-Atlantic sales of its crispy leaf lettuce.

The USDA has imposed sanctions on First Fruits Holdings LLC, doing business as Four Rivers Onion Packing, (First Fruits), Wake Forest, N.C., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

Sev-Rend, Collinsville, Ill., has hired James (JC) Nyssen as the company’s Pacific Northwest sales manager.

San Antonio-based value-added produce marketer Fresh From Texas, doing business as Fresh Texas, has purchased the production facility of Austin-based CeCe’s Veggie Noodles.

The Packer’s Tom Karst visited Nov. 2 with Dante Galeazzi, CEO and president of the Texas International Produce Association, about the prospects for citrus and the winter produce deal in Texas and Mexico.

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. is launching its newest product, the Petit Pinkglow Pineapple, exclusively in the Dallas market.

The focus on eliminating as much plastic and packaging as possible that permeated the produce industry not too long ago seems to have dissipated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Carrots, potatoes, lettuce, onions and tomatoes were among the top 10 categories by volume in the third-quarter Organic Produce Performance Report released Oct. 21 by the Organic Produce Network and Category Partners.