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WestFresh Distributing Inc., Monterey, Calif., has hired Bonny Iten to manage the company’s new office in the Coachella Valley.

Chiquita has announced new water conservation steps it is taking through land gifting and farm rejuvenation programs.

A lot has happened in the tomato industry this month. Catch up here on the latest tomato news brought to you by The Packer.

Trying to find potatoes at the supermarket isn’t as tough as finding toilet paper, but spuds have been moving fast and furious during the early days of the lockdown with the COVID-19 outbreak.

Keany Produce & Gourmet, Landover, Md., has donated more than $100,000 worth of fresh produce to food banks and other charities during the COVID-19 crisis.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking comments on a pest risk assessment on U.S. imports of pummelo from Vietnam.

Greensboro, N.C.-based Syngenta is investing $2 billion in sustainable agriculture, and the company said part of the investment will go toward packaging innovations.

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.

Inline Plastics, Shelton, Conn., is integrating rDPET into its products, using post-consumer content from recycled products.

The Sonora Spring Summit has been postponed because of coronavirus COVID-19, but the main focus of the program, an outlook of the Mexican grape crop, will be presented online as scheduled.