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Catch up on produce companies involved in Florida’s spring fruit and vegetable deals.

Market Fresh Produce has hired Sunny Yearwood as an accounting supervisor.

DENVER — A year ago, Potatoes USA members started a new campaign to market potatoes as a performance food. A year later, they confirmed that’s the right track.

Georgia blueberries suffered some damage as temperatures dipped below freezing the week of March 5.

Lipman Family Farms, which touts itself as North America’s largest grower of field tomatoes, has entered into an agreement to buy greenhouse grower Huron Produce.

CHEP’s recycled pallet business has a new owner and name — 48Forty Solutions — and is billing itself as the largest pallet management services company in North America.

Sweet potato grower-shippers continue to see strong demand for their product but even greater volume to meet that demand.

L&M Cos. has four times the amount of organic produce planted in Florida this season.

Joe Barsi has joined California Giant Berry Farms in a new position for the company, chief operating officer.

John Anderson, chairman, president and CEO of Vancouver, British Columbia-based The Oppenheimer Group, was honored among Canada’s Most Admired CEOs at a gala event March 1 in Toronto.