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Western Growers’ president and CEO Tom Nassif recently posted an opinion piece on the Western Growers website, and I am excerpting his blog post with permission from WG.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a pair of web seminars scheduled to take companies through the steps of becoming an approved USDA Foods vendor.

Giving his outlook on the next few months in Washington D.C., Robert Guenther, senior vice president of public policy for the United Fresh Produce Association, talks with Tom Karst, editor of The Packer, on Aug. 14

What are the best ways to spur organic sales at the retail level?

(UPDATED, Aug. 16) The California lemon market isn’t backing down from $50 cartons in mid-August, and tight supplies could exist well into September and even October.

Suggestible you, me and our preschool kids and grandkids.

The new Kwik Lok 912, combined with Matthews Marking Systems eSolarMark Fiber laser-coding system, allows new capabilities to include information and graphics on closures.

Capital City Fruit, Norwalk, Iowa, continues its donation program, recently donating 135 watermelons to area charities.

Sakata Seed American, Morgan Hill, Calif., has sold its onion breeding program to Cape Town, South Africa-based Zaad Holdings Ltd.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a “before” shot of food safety practices on the farm, perhaps followed ten years from now with a more flattering “after” shot.