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At least 125 employees of Green Empire Farms, Oneida, N.Y., have been confirmed with the new coronavirus, COVID-19, prompting government officials to reinforce the need for social distancing and other measures.

The Northwest cherry harvest won’t reach last year’s 23 million 20-pound boxes in 2020, but there will be plenty of fruit for consumers in the U.S. and beyond, suppliers say.

Wenatchee, Wash.-based CMI Orchards has added new tools to its American Dream cherry program, said Danelle Huber, marketing specialist.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, video conferencing is the new thing with Yakima-based Northwest Cherry Growers, said B.J. Thurlby, president.

Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has shipped Peruvian hass avocados to South Korea for the first time.

Potandon Produce has joined with a grower-shipper in the Vidalia, Ga., onion district to import Peruvian onions

Nashville, N.C.-based Nash Produce is adding to its Mr. Yam brand lineup.

The first Peruvian sweet onions had already reached the U.S. by mid-August, and plenty of supplies are forecast as the deal heats up in September and beyond.

Philip’s Academy Charter School in Newark received the Best in New Jersey Farm-to-School Award for the school’s rooftop garden.

If apple-picking in the fall is a rite of passage for a Northeasterner, then more than 100 people earned their badges Saturday.