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Worker safety continues to be the top focus as the packing and shipping of early-ripening Premier Honeycrisp apples is gearing up at Gardners, Pa.-based Rice Fruit Co.

Registration is open for the United Fresh Produce Association’s virtual Washington Conference.

Despite the bottom dropping out of the restaurant industry as businesses closed in response to the spread of the coronavirus this spring, mushroom companies saw volume drop just 2% for the year that ended June 30.

The Platinum Packaging Group, Paramount, Calif., and Terphane have been working together to provide companies with the ability to pack prepared meals with an emphasis on food safety.

The Wisconsin cranberry crop is looking good.

Key Technology has hired Marco Azzaretti as director of marketing.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved up to $14 billion more in direct payments to growers affected by price declines from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The International Association for Food Protection’s annual meeting will be a virtual event this year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded 50 companies a total of $856.56 million in the third round of Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

The Texas International Produce Association’s Viva Fresh Expo, cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be a hybrid in-person and virtual event.