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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Shannon Allen never imagined she’d start the country’s first 100% certified organic fast food restaurant with a drive-thru.

Florida legislators have gathered bipartisan support from dozens of House and Senate colleagues in a push to terminate the suspension agreement between the Department of Commerce and Mexican tomato growers.

SunFed, Rio Rico, Ariz., will be shipping red and gold Texas beets in early February, followed by the aptly-named Candy Stripe red and white beets a few weeks later.

Florida’s orange growers are expected to ship 6.4 million boxes of grapefruit and 1.2 million boxes of tangerines this season.

Foodservice distributor What Chefs Want, Louisville, Ky., is expanding its network with the purchase of Mid/West Fresh Produce, Columbus, Ohio.

Broccoli grower Atlantic Fresh, formed by L&M and Parker Farms, is expanding its acreage.

Village Farms International Inc. will now be traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

Edel, a lifelong Chicagoan, is the founder and executive director of The Plant, an evolving vertical farm housed in an old meatpacking plant in Chicago’s once-booming Union Stock Yards.

With year-round shipments of fruits and vegetables, Michigan is a fresh produce force in the U.S.

New York City’s last milk processing plant is shutting down after nearly a century in operation, putting more than 270 people out of work.