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Attendees of the 2018 National Watermelon Association Convention in Nashville were treated to unique Nashville experiences, with planners integrating the city’s brand throughout the event.

Red Sun Farms, Kingsville, Ontario, highlighted its Sweetpops tomatoes and Sweetpeps peppers at a recent United Way fundraiser that pairs local greenhouses with a chef and local student.

A panel of food safety experts brought together by Fresh Express after an outbreak of Cyclospora cayetanensis in 2018 has released an interim report.

Is the celery market finally ready to settle down?

China’s apple production was down sharply this season, but U.S. apple exporters couldn’t help fill the gap.

Joyce Brown, who established Brownie Brokerage with her husband, Lavern “Brownie” Brown in 1967 In Nogales, Ariz., died recently.

The following article from The Packer’s “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993.

The following article, from The History of The Packer in “A Century of Produce,” was published in 1993.

The country is graying, and that may prove challenging for the fresh produce industry.

Sweet potato grower-shipper Wayne Bailey Produce Co LLC, which closed after 85 years this spring, left creditors with more than $8.1 million in unpaid debt, according to the USDA.