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The Food and Drug Administration is giving smaller farms flexibility on remaining exempt from the Produce Safety Rule even if they shift sales to new buyers.

Progressive Produce, Los Angeles, has hired Andrew Engles as sales manager in the asparagus and wet vegetable division.

Minneapolis-based FLM Harvest, a consulting and marketing company, is accepting applications for its annual Seed to Succeed grant program.

The Justice Department is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to allow hydroponic operations to be certified organic.

Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 1 ½ tons of marijuana in a fresh broccoli shipment as it crossed into the U.S. in Texas.

Wish Farms, Plant City, Fla., is gearing up for the domestic blackberry season, anticipating a positive shift in demand and pricing as production ramps up.

Leafy green growers are pledging to follow recommendations that the Food and Drug Administration recently outlined in a report on E. coli outbreaks in romaine and other leafy Greens in 2019.

Something new is coming this way. United Fresh LIVE!, the June 15-19 virtual produce event, will be a brand new experience for the industry. The COVID-19 pandemic created the need for the event.

The Southeast Produce Council has awarded almost $150,000 through the SEPC Member Scholarship program this year.

As the first large virtual produce trade show, United Fresh LIVE! will be a groundbreaking event for attendees and exhibitors.