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The grocery bill keeps getting bigger for Americans.

There may be a pandemic on, but produce growers and distributors in Ohio say they’re in robust health.

Morning Kiss Organic, Chelsea, Mass., is adding gold kiwifruit to its list of products.

Promotora Agricola El Toro, a grower, packer and shipper with nearly 10,000 acres in Baja California, Mexico, has earned Equitable Food Initiative certification.

Canadian grower Loveday Mushroom Farms has joined Kennett Square, Pa.-based South Mill Champs.

Julie Lutz-Lenosky has joined Bard Valley Date Growers as regional sales manager for the Southeast U.S.

Index Fresh is offering Colombian avocados for the third season.

With more than a month left in cherry harvest season in Washington state, The Packer’s Tom Karst caught up with a busy Kyle Mathison, fourth-generation grower with Stemilt Growers on July 16.

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated potato sales at retail since mid-March, with most categories benefiting from sales as people prepared meals at home instead of going to restaurants.

Looking at retail producing pricing strategies, The Packer’s Tom Karst visited July 16 with Mike Mauti, managing partner of Toronto-based Execulytics.