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The Packer is seeking nominations for its annual Canadian Produce Person of the Year award, which will be presented virtually later this year.

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.

A Frieda Rapoport Caplan Women’s Fresh Perspectives Scholarship has started to enable a woman in the industry to attend the Women’s Fresh Perspective Conference each year at no cost.

Friesland, Wis.-based Alsum Farms & Produce Inc. hired Gary Stevens as director of sales and business development.

I was tidying my desk when Russ T. Blade appeared from behind a stack of files. “Rusty,” as regular readers know, is the miniature imaginary produce manager who lives in my desk and occasionally appears to talk shop.

Hearing from domestic and import partisan interests, the U.S. ITC hosted a hearing April 8 on its investigation into unfair trade practices by foreign exporters on cucumber and squash imports into the U.S. market.

Berry People, a year-round, full-line shipper of branded organic and conventional strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries, has promotable volumes of high-quality fruit available.

America’s “favorite sweet onion” will be served at “America’s Greatest Race.”

A new collaboration between Canada’s leader in applied horticulture research and innovation and INO will make innovative automation technology available for Canadian mushroom and greenhouse cucumber growers.