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Richmond, Va.-based Performance Food Group Co. will acquire Rosemont, Ill.-based Reinhart Foodservice LLC from Reyes Holdings LLC in a $2 billion transaction.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act against Coram Deo Farms Inc.

Carrots, celery, oranges, grapes, and cabbage are among plant-based foods that have the largest number of anti-cancer molecules, according to new research from the Imperial College of London.

California’s Citrus & Pest Disease Prevention Committee, a grower-funded initiative, has endorsed a set of best practices for growers in response to the threat of huanglongbing (HLB).

River Fresh Farms, Salinas, Calif., has hired David Martinez as senior vice president of business development.

The Packer is calling for nominations for the 2019 Apple Man or Woman of the Year.

Ocean Mist Farms has promoted Katie Tossie to organic product manager.

The following article from The Packer’s “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993. Robert Kasmire writes of the positive impacts made in the produce industry from the development of temperature control.

Private equity firm Blue Road Capital has purchased Fellsmere, Fla.-based B&W Quality Growers LLC.

Can you believe that the government is taking public comments on the border wall?