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Consumers seem to have an affinity for organic avocados, and suppliers are doing their best to keep the organic pipeline flowing.

Seven years ago, when Steve Wright signed on with Shenandoah Growers Inc., a Rockingham, Va.-based herb grower, about 20% of the company’s products were organically grown and 80% were conventional.

Organic fraud and traceability techniques are the focus of two new courses offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Organic Integrity Learning Center.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act licenses of three companies.

CMI Orchards, Wenatchee, Wash., has boosted its marketing capacity in recent years, adding more than four million boxes of fruit.

ProPacific Fresh, Durham, Calif., has been awarded a $135 million contract by Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support to supply fresh fruits and vegetables.

Chicago-based Hazel Technologies Inc. is launching a new product for apples in storage.

U.S. growers, trade groups, Florida officials and members of Congress testified virtually in front of federal agencies that imports, mostly targeting Mexico, are increasingly making harder for U.S. farms to survive.

Terra Exports, Las Vegas, made Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 list for the third time.

2020 total apple production is off 3.4% compared last season’s output, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated on Aug. 12.