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The USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program gets mixed reviews from sweet potato growers across the country.

John Lyons, director of sales at Alpine Fresh, Miami, is retiring after 30 years at the company.

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has made more than 50 changes to rules as the group continues a review of its practices following E. coli outbreaks in recent years.

Melon grower and marketer Legend Produce, Scottsdale, Ariz., has hired Brian Faseler as a sales associate.

The California Kiwifruit Administrative Committee, Sacramento, is conducting grower elections.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation has been chosen as the recipient of FLM Harvest’s 2020 Seed to Succeed pro bono program.

Prima Wawona peaches involved in a recall in the U.S. and Canada because of salmonella were shipped to more than a dozen other countries.

Produce industry associations are revisiting presentations from the 2020 Center for Produce Safety Virtual Research Symposium.

Right up there with other popular apples like Honeycrisp and Granny Smith, Gala Apples are one of the most popular apple varieties in the produce aisle!

Right up there with other popular apples like Honeycrisp and Granny Smith, Gala Apples are one of the most popular apple varieties in the produce aisle!