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Salinas, Calif., value-added produce innovator Steve Taylor, 67, died Aug. 21 from heart and lung failure, according to an obituary.

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has awarded a total of $72.9 million in the fiscal year 2022 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funding.

Frank Gargiulo & Son Inc., Hillside, N.J., has been awarded a $239.4 million contract to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to military facilities and schools in New York.

The pests were first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014 and have since spread to 11 states in the eastern U.S.

Israel-based Save Foods, Inc. has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has provided the company a Notice of Allowance for its patent application.

Seattle-based Strella Biotechnology has announced the launch of its automated quality management platform for retailers.

Healthy Family Project is encouraging registered dietitians to consider if they have what it takes to be the cause marketing organization’s next Official Registered Dietitian.

Organic growers say they’ve introduced a number of innovative approaches to their growing and packing operations to help ensure sustainability.

IFPA’s first Global Produce and Floral show are slotted with big names and even bigger events.