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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Have a Plant will succeed Fruits & Veggies — More Matters as the new consumer marketing message from the Produce for Better Health Foundation to promote fruit and vegetable consumption.

Four Rivers Onion Packing is liquidating assets. 8A Logistics LLC, El Fuego Latino, PSL Law Group LLC and Southeaster Food Merchandisers Inc are new companies to the Market. Deal Farms & Hungry Harvest LLC have updates.

Chiquita Brands International wants consumers to leave their mark on bananas.

Northwest pear growers estimate they’ll produce 18.9 million standard box equivalents, which at 415,000 tons for the fresh market is an 18% increase from the small 2017 harvest, but equal to the five-year average.

When it comes to avocados, there are just some things you AvocaDO, and others you DON’T.

California table grape production is seeing a “new normal” of 100 million-plus box crops, according to the California Table Grape Commission.

The world’s largest retailer will now let shipments of food and other products arrive at regional distribution centers one day early, a reverse from Walmart’s previous stance.

Mastronardi Produce is opening a sixth greenhouse in the U.S., with a 20-acre facility in Wapakoneta, Ohio.

Produce industry organizations commended suppliers July 9 for coming together to protest the new 90-day payment policy Kroger intended to implement across its business.

Danone is considering a sale of Earthbound Farm, the organic produce processor and distributor it acquired in 2016.