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Ten figures from United Fresh Produce Association’s Robert Guenther, senior vice president of public policy.

United Fresh Produce Association will kick start the new year with unique programming beginning Tuesday, January 5, 2021.

Retail solutions from the pandemic may remain longterm — a more diversified supplier base, fewer stock-keeping units and technology to replace human labor, said Martha Hilton of Wegmans Food Markets.

2020 has been a breakout year for indoor and greenhouse farming, and Abby Prior believes the momentum will continue to build.

The COVID-19 pandemic is yesterday’s news. Unfortunately, it also is the reality today and for many tomorrows, according to panelists at the Dec. 16 Produce Marketing Association’s Virtual Town Hall.

More funding for food production and distribution are among the priorities in the third COVID-19 relief package, agreed upon by U.S. Congressional leaders and the White House less than a week before Christmas.

Replicating its Salinas Valley program, the Grower Shipper Association of Central California has established a COVID-19 training prevention program in Yuma, Ariz.

For the quarter ending Oct. 31, lower avocado prices hurt overall sales and profits for Santa Paula, Calif.-based Calavo Growers Inc.

Late Thursday afternoon, Lori Kelley, received a phone call from AgroFresh Solutions, Inc.

A near-double digit gain in potato retail sales wasn’t enough to offset a decline in foodservice sales during the 2019-20 marketing year.