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DENVER — A year ago, Potatoes USA members started a new campaign to market potatoes as a performance food. A year later, they confirmed that’s the right track.

Georgia blueberries suffered some damage as temperatures dipped below freezing the week of March 5.

John Hollay has been hired by the United Fresh Produce Association as senior director of government relations.

An extended period of warm, dry conditions — uncommon even to Florida — during the winter has drawn rave reviews from growers.

Schmieding Produce, which ships watermelons grown in most of the major watermelon areas in the U.S., has acquired North Carolina grower Moore’s Produce.

Lipman Family Farms, which touts itself as North America’s largest grower of field tomatoes, has entered into an agreement to buy greenhouse grower Huron Produce.

CHEP’s recycled pallet business has a new owner and name — 48Forty Solutions — and is billing itself as the largest pallet management services company in North America.

Ed Monson, 73, of Greeley, Colo., died March 11.

Catch up on produce companies involved in Florida’s spring fruit and vegetable deals.

Sweet potato grower-shippers continue to see strong demand for their product but even greater volume to meet that demand.