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AgSafe, Modesto, Calif., is starting a search for a president and CEO.

The Center for Produce Safety has chosen 11 new research projects to fund, granting $2.7 million to research including listeria’s tolerance to sanitizers and disinfecting packinghouse washwater.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has stepped forward to fight the spread of Tropical Race 4 (TR4) strain of fusarium wilt in Latin American and Caribbean banana-growing regions.

A company that makes mesh using resins from sugarcane is promoting its use as a sustainable option for produce packaging.

iTradeNetwork, which recently announced plans to offer its services free to select growers and shippers to advance traceability efforts in the industry, has scheduled a web seminar to discuss its plans.

Philadelphia-based AgroFresh Solutions’ FreshCloud Predictive Screening system has added capabilities to help Honeycrisp apple growers.

The Organic Farming Research Foundation and the Organic Seed Alliance have been given a $500,000 grant through the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Organic Research and Extension Initiative.

London Fruit Inc., Pharr, Texas, has hired Amanda Horney as a sales representative in the Midwest.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has amended the standards for fuji apples.

Two free web seminars on listeria are being presented by universities that have received grants from the Center for Produce Safety.