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The 2023 Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show spotlighted the latest trends and product innovations from local and global markets across the fresh produce supply chain.

While higher education can help further a career, lessons from on-the-job produce experience can also aid in the pursuit of a degree, says columnist Armand Lobato.

The Watsonville, Calif.-based company expects big volumes of organic and conventionally grown strawberries in time for Mother’s Day and National Strawberry Month in May.

Gem-Pack Berries is focused on coordinatingwith its retail customers to work through delays and transition into a successful late spring and summer berry season.

Canadian industry associations are calling on members of Parliament to support Bill C-280, which would establish a critical financial protection mechanism — a deemed trust for fresh produce sellers in Canada.

Improve your store’s digital impulse sales of produce after learning the strategies these data, analytics, marketing and produce experts say works in e-commerce.

FreshEdge, a family of fresh food distribution companies backed by private equity firm Wind Point Partners, has acquired Testa Produce, a produce and specialty food company headquartered in Chicago.

Michigan State University scientists have been awarded $750,000 by the USDA to develop new ways to manage potato early die disease, which can reduce potato yields by 50%.

In the 2022-2023 school year, Peak of the Market Ltd.’s Farm to School program raised a record amount of $285,431 for schools, daycares and organizations across western Canada.

From a fair trade dance party to a Hallmark actor partnership to sustainable packaging innovations, this year’s Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show offered something for everyone.