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Tim York began working in the produce industry after college, without knowing he would never leave it.

Twenty-nine U.S. senators have asked Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to directly pay specialty crop growers and to immediately increase purchases of fresh produce for food banks and federal feeding programs.

Produce and allied industry companies are finding ways to help consumers whose finances have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with donations of produce and resources.

Companies and industry associations are donating products and resources to respond to the pandemic, helping feed hungry families and keeping field workers safe.

Ecuador’s fruit and vegetable exports are not being diminished by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Pro Ecuador, the country’s export promotion authority.

The Packer’s Tom Karst visited April 24 with Sabrina Bosiacki, agriculture industry manager for the Houston Food Bank, about the promise of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Buy Fresh Program.

Through Pro*Act’s network of distributors, a new initiative called Feeding Our Frontlines is delivering more than $1 million in fresh produce to health care workers across the country.

Registration is open for the Center for Produce Safety’s Research Symposium weekly web seminars, a five-part series in place of the annual meeting that was cancelled by COVID-19 restrictions.

Brighter Bites, which distributes fresh fruit and education materials to school children and their families in major urban centers, has a $2 million campaign to continue meeting their needs during the pandemic.

Previewing the California cherry crop, The Packer’s Tom Karst visited April 24 with Maurice Cameron, president of Hanford, Calif.-based Flavor Tree Fruit Co. LLC.