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(UPDATED, July 16) Getting children under the age of two to consume a healthy diet with fruits and vegetables is critical to establish life-long habits.

Crawford Packaging, London, Ontario, is building a new warehouse and showroom in Essex, Ontario.

Second only to bananas, apples are a consumer favorite and the No. 2 fruit in the produce department. Overall, apples were the fourth most popular item in the Fresh Trends survey this year.

Chiquita has earned the Blue Flag Award again.

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, e-newsletters—coupled with the traditional formats of print, television, and in-store displays, the number of marketing opportunities to drive consumers...

“The goal of the expansion and unification was to simplify Castellini’s entire supply chain for the benefit of its cus-tomers and the company’s future,” said Thomas Federl, communications director.

A USDA pilot program designed to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to buy groceries online could expose them to unwanted data collection and manipulative online marketing.

This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.

The U.S. Apple Association, Falls Church, Va., has hired Christopher Gerlach as director of industry analytics.

The Oppenheimer Group has begun harvest of Oceanside Pole label roma and round tomatoes, with volume expected to peak in September and October.