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On a recent early winter afternoon, I stared down a lineup of five juices. Some were green. Others were orange.

Reps. Dusty Johnson and Jim Costa on Tuesday introduced the Safer Highways and Increased Performance for Interstate Trucking (SHIP IT) Act to expand the trucking workforce and offer flexibility in times of need.

The clear, rectangle-shaped party platters are made with 10% post-consumer content, offering consumer solutions in a sustainable fashion, according to the company.

The grower-owned cooperative has welcomed Chad Hansen and Freddy Hoflack to its leadership team.

In this Tip of the Iceberg Podcast episode teaming up with EFI, learn about a greenhouse brand that expanded a program because of how many supermarket shoppers called the customer hotline about it.

The dietary shopping filters on ShopRite.com are intended to help shoppers find food and recipes based on their needs — which almost certainly would include fresh produce.

The company released co-branded packaging under its Dulcinea line of grapes and mandarins in U.S. retail locations, and a percentage of every purchase was then donated to the foundation.

Because of increased growing costs at its Oxnard, Calif., headquarters, Boskovich Farms Inc. now is producing its fall-winter organic vegetable crop in Baja California, Mexico.

Winter seems to be a good time for the organic vegetable category, with a number of grower-shippers adding new items or expanding existing programs.

Cautious consumers continue to place value in healthy food options, such as citrus, as economic pressures cause some to reconsider their purchasing decisions.