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Hass avocado sales kicked off 2022 with four-year record highs through key holidays in the first quarter, including the Super Bowl, Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day.

The Yuma, Ariz., based date broker, grower and wholesaler’s Sweet and Salty Almond Mini Medjools won Good Housekeeping Healthy Snack Award for “Best Dates”.

The USDA has announced that Sunrise Produce Inc. satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $13,414 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.

The USDA announced that Kay Lookash Produce satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $21,300 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving an unpaid produce transaction.

The Oxnard, Calif.-based company has launched Fair Earth Farms, a new line of six organic salad kits and blends packaged in plant-based, fully compostable bags.

The USDA has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under PACA.

The Leamington, Ontario-based greenhouse grower has begun construction of a new 40-acre high-tech, fully lit facility as well as a 210,000-square-foot centralized distribution center.

If fresh fruits and vegetables are out of reach — literally — then no amount of sales strategies or promotions will increase consumption.

What was online grocery shopping like two decades ago? FreshDirect knows. The Bronx, N.Y.-based company was an early adopter.

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