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The USDA has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under PACA.

The USDA said Dec. 22 that Fernando McIntyre, doing business as Morning Star Produce, satisfied an $8,640 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act involving unpaid produce transactions.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that President Trump has named Carrie Castille as the new, permanent director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Bobalu, LLC is seeing better days ahead as the year of 2020 ends with all the uncertainty it has created.

Dan Duda, CEO and former president of Duda Farm Fresh Foods, will retire after 40 years from the six-generation family-owned company effective December 31, 2020.

Orlando, Fla.-based vertical farming company Kalera will open a facility in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2021.

The United Fresh Produce Association is offering a virtual workshop on strategies from a changing work environment.

Worthington, Minn.-based Bedford Industries, a supplier of twist ties, bendable components and packaging reclosures, has issued its first-ever sustainability report and also updated its website.

Western Growers Insurance Services, Irvine, Calif., has hired Nate Flandro as its new sales executive for commercial insurance.