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TUBAC, Ariz. — From food waste to NAFTA 2.0 to blockchain and food safety issues, industry leaders voiced their thoughts on hot-button issues during a panel presentation at the 50th Nogales Produce Convention.

Doing what the market wants has worked out well for John Gates, president of Lancaster Foods, Jessup, Md.

If he weren’t division vice president, East sales for Earthbound Farm, Glenn Daniels would like to be a coach or a teacher.

Q Laboratories Inc. has named Jason Brown manager of its Analytical Chemistry Department.

What’s wrong with carrots?

Peter Leifermann remembers working in the foodservice sector in Atlanta in the 1990s when importers were flying in hass avocados from Chile and mangoes in South Florida were priced at $15 per carton.

Brighter Bites Executive Director Sam Newman is scheduled to be the Dallas Fresh Food Association’s next luncheon speaker.

Miami, Fla.-based Crystal Valley Foods has begun imports of blueberries for the 2018-19 season.

Hispanic households are buying avocados at a rate nearly 50% above non-Hispanic households.

Call it the government’s version of “Shark Tank” for fruit and vegetable harvesting.