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West Bridgewater, Mass.-based Oke USA Fruit Co./Equal Exchange Produce has partnerships with four small-scale banana producer cooperatives in Ecuador and Peru that produce organic fair trade bananas year-round.

Leafy-greens-focused traceability pilots being conducted by industry operators now will help reveal insights about industry gaps in traceability.

Just about all of the Red River Valley potato grower-shippers were impacted to some degree by a drop in foodservice business during the coronavirus pandemic.

Exports of U.S. fresh produce showed mixed trends over the past year, U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers show.

Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, is seeing high demand for Dreamberry, Pearberry and Lolliberry strawberries.

Mexican tomato exports to the U.S. in 2020-21 are expected to increase 2% compared with 2019-20 levels, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service report.

Mexican avocado production and exports to the U.S. will increase again in 2020-21, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

Foodservice distributor Ben E. Keith Foods, Ft. Worth, Texas, has named Lipman Family Farms, Immokalee, Fla., as produce supplier of the year.

Ryan Wilson delivers dynamic keynote at the Sustainable Produce Summit.

The United Fresh Produce Association is offering a web seminar on auditor training for good agricultural practices.