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Joe Millman has joined I Love Produce’s marketing team.

The North Olympic Development Council in Washington has gathered locally raised funds to create the Olympic Peninsula Farmers Fund.

Richard “Dick” Allen Symms, who led and grew the family business, Symms Fruit Ranch, Caldwell, Idaho, died July 13. He was 84.

Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Oviedo, Fla., is starting its South American citrus import program.

Angela Lopez-Avalos has joined Cecelia Packing Corp., Orange Cove, Calif., as sales associate.

(UPDATED, July 16) Getting children under the age of two to consume a healthy diet with fruits and vegetables is critical to establish life-long habits.

Second only to bananas, apples are a consumer favorite and the No. 2 fruit in the produce department. Overall, apples were the fourth most popular item in the Fresh Trends survey this year.

A USDA pilot program designed to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to buy groceries online could expose them to unwanted data collection and manipulative online marketing.

This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.

The U.S. Apple Association, Falls Church, Va., has hired Christopher Gerlach as director of industry analytics.