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The onset of the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the California Avocado Commission to shift some elements of its planned advertising and social media campaign to use tactics that reach targeted consumers at home.

See The Packer’s 2020 Fresh Trends Data on squash!

The California Table Grape Commission has three new commercials airing in the U.S. and key export markets as part of the Go with Grapes from California Every Day campaign.

Summer Citrus from South Africa has finished another successful consumer promotion, Here Comes the Sun.

The packaging issue has turned into a dilemma for the produce industry in general and the organic segment in particular.

Globalmex International has expanded offerings of year-round tomato varieties under the Magic Sun label.

The United Fresh Produce Association is bringing back its retail-foodservice speed dating sessions as part of the offerings of United Fresh LIVE! 365.

Mango importers and handlers will be voting on whether to continue the Mango Promotion, Research and Information Order, and if frozen should continue to be part of the program.

Salmonella Newport cases in the U.S. and Canada continue to increase, with more than 1,000 cases linked to onions from Thomson International.

Organic fruit is a hot commodity for Fresno, Calif.-based Trinity Fruit Sales Co.