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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.

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

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.

The burgeoning online delivery channel is leaving a considerable impact on packaging styles and materials, marketers say.

Pro*Act, Monterey, Calif., has hired H.O. “Chip” Walker III as president and CEO.

Amy Lowe, executive vice president for PSSI, Keller, Wis., died in a plane crash with her husband.

Lau Enterprise II Inc., Miami, has paid its debts in a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act case, according to the U.S. Department Agriculture.