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The U.S. FDA will not conduct a broad sampling of leafy greens grown in the Salinas Valley region of California for the 2022 growing season, according to a news release from Western Growers.

The pandemic is now old enough to talk, and it’s telling us things about our actions and choices that suggest an unfamiliar future.

Featuring the theme, “The Marvel of Produce,” the Southeast Produce Council recently wrapped its 2022 Southern Exposure tradeshow and conference.

Earthblend will be expanding on several fronts over the next few months. As a four year old company, it has diversified with its sister companies to handle fresh produce from seed to shipping.

U.S. 2021 import values for fresh produce commodities from Mexico exceeded double-digit gains for a long list of fruits and vegetables compared with 2020 data, according to USDA trade statistics.

The shotgun houses and clapboard shacks are gone, but a child’s toy lingers in farmland rows. Time, tillage and rainfall reveal the sharecropper’s last testament: clusters of magnificent clay, agate and glass marbles.

From indoor farming to value-added convenience to sustainability and new product innovation, exhibitors at SEPC’s recent Southern Exposure event in Orlando, Fla., talked the hottest produce trends and more.