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The U.S. Department has named two administrators of the Fair Trade Practices Program, which oversees the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and country-of-origin labeling.

Judging from numbers from Nielsen Co. LLC, consumers in the western part of the U.S. are particularly fond of California avocados.

Maintaining consumer trust as the organic category grows will be a pivotal discussion at the Organic Trade Association’s annual conference.

Growers in the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement will soon be sanitizing “open-source” water used on their crops, which has been the focus of at least two recent E. coli outbreaks traced to leafy greens.

One Banana has implemented measures to increase water efficiency on their plantations.

Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., has hired Darcie Floyd as director of employee benefits in the group’s Insurance Services department.

U.S. banana imports in 2018 declined moderately in volume but rose slightly in value.

Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., has hired Jeff Cook as chief financial officer.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is hosting a web seminar on how to become an approved vendor to the agency.

The Georgia Department of Agriculture has chosen April 22 as the official pack date of the famous onions.