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The National Mango Board is seeking nominations for six board member positions before a Feb. 20 deadline.

A QR code label is one option available to marketers to let consumers know whether fresh produce and other food has been created using biotechnology.

Healthful eating is a way of life for many shoppers, and organics are easily finding their way into the mix, particularly for younger shoppers.

It is always strawberry season somewhere, isn’t it?

Bidding is now open for the United Fresh Start Foundation’s Bids for Kids Auction.

Michigan Apple grower-shipper Riveridge Produce Marketing Inc. has acquired the sales operation of Jack Brown Produce.

In response to the partial government shutdown, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has extended the deadline for U.S. producers to apply for payments from the Market Facilitation Program.

A new Michigan company, Applewood Fresh Growers LLC, Sparta, is shipping Michigan apples.

There is no Dow Jones Average for produce, unfortunately, but the quest to measure the market persists.

Shipping point prices of romaine lettuce in December slid very low, from nearly $24 per carton early in the month to just $8 per carton late in the month.