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Produce and specialty food distributor McCartney Produce, Paris, Tenn., has joined FreshEdge.

Ready-to-eat beet brand, Love Beets USA, celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month.

Loblaw Cos. has chosen Nature Fresh Farms’ Ontario Greenhouse Mixiany Cherry Tomatoes as its President’s Choice Fresh Product of the Year Award.

Fresh-cut produce, as with whole fresh produce commodities, will be eligible for agricultural exemptions that apply to the Department of Transportation’s hours-of-service regulations for truck drivers.

Looking to go above and beyond with your watermelon merchandising? Check out these flavor pairing ideas from the National Watermelon Promotion Board, and let us know which ones resonate in your stores!

While it’s often used in sweet dishes and beverages – smoothies, breakfast bowls, ice cream, tarts, cocktails – some chefs are branching out.

Excluding melons, U.S. vegetable per capita availability increased 2.7% to 153.32 pounds in 2019, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

CMI Orchards, Wenatchee, Wash., is expanding domestic and international pear distribution through a partnership with Independent Warehouse Inc., Dryden, Wash.

In late 2019, CMI Orchards launched a digital marketing strategy designed to directly target apple consumers and drive retail sales.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of 11 members to the Hass Avocado Board.