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Square Roots will grow food onsite at United Natural Foods Inc. facilities, shortening the supply chain and giving back days of freshness to UNFI’s retail customers year-round.

Local Leaf Farms plans to reduce food miles and logistics headaches by opening as many as 20 small-footprint facilities across Canada by 2025.

Travel with us as we take the journey of the apple from the orchard to the packing house to the storage facility and then to the restaurant and supermarket.

As Floridians across the peninsula grapple with their losses and look toward meeting their immediate necessities, supermarket companies nationwide are sending relief in the form of volunteers, food and other supplies.

EFI director: “Rather than an audit-based approach to compliance, this program will focus on self-assessment, capacity-building and measurement of continuous improvement [for] responsible labor practices at scale.”

The Retail Produce Tour on Oct. 26, at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show in Orlando, offered two buses and was sold out with a waiting list.

Registration is open for the Nov. 29-Dec. 2 show held in the heart of New York City.

Five grand prize winners for both 2021 and 2022 were announced, and those winners, not previously notified, were told to go on stage at IFPA’s Global Show Oct. 27, for even more recognition.

Speaking before the crowd at International Fresh Produce Association’s big show, Chef José Andrés said food — handled in a better way — has the power to heal the body, the spirit and the community.

Take some inspiration from the winners of PMG’s 2022 Summer Contest of the Produce Artist Award Series. Produce professionals can use these ideas year round, in any climate.