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The International Banana Convention 2020 will be an online event for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key Technology has hired Marco Azzaretti as director of marketing.

Frank Yiannas said the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the necessity of public-private partnerships and confirmed the value of creating more digital-based record-keeping for the food system.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation capped the National Fruits & Veggies Month in September with its first-ever virtual influencer event.

The European fresh produce trade show Fruit Logistica is rescheduling to May 18-20 with a new model that includes both in-person and virtual elements.

For produce operators, the cost of doing business took on a whole new context after the COVID-19 pandemic began.

UPDATED: The USDA is allocating another $500 million for the Farmers to Family Food Box Program, which has already distributed more than 110 million boxes of produce, meat and dairy products.

Tony Alameda, co-owner of Top Flavor Farms, is the new chairman of the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California.

The Texas International Produce Association’s Viva Fresh Expo, cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be a hybrid in-person and virtual event.

As Florida’s fall harvest season begins, there are new efforts to provide COVID-19 testing for farmworkers.