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The 2021 North American Raspberry and Blackberry Conference was held virtually Feb. 23-25, but the next one is planned to be a hybrid of in-person and virtual activities.

To boost retail berries’ shelf life and profits, Watsonville, Calif.-based Well-Pict is offering enrollment in a virtual Well-Pict Berry Academy.

Nashville, Tenn., is the location of the North American Strawberry Growers Association 2022 Meeting and Conference, Jan. 16-19.

Episode 52 features a conversation with Stonehill Produce CEO Keith Slattery on the company’s Market Pulse report; how getting strong information leads to better buying; and Mexican avocado supply and demand now.

The education sessions at the February 2021 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention were so well-attended that in some cases, attendance was like the in-person sessions of previous years.

Morehead, Ky.-based AppHarvest Inc. started building two new high-tech indoor farms: A berry farm in Somerset, Ky., and a leafy greens farm Morehead, Ky.

All of the products from Chesterfield Twp., Mich.-based Lakeland Fresh Farms, a local producer of hydroponically grown greens, are now verified as non-GMO through The Non-GMO Project.

Marketers moved more than 3 million pounds of organic garlic, and sales topped more than $24 million in 2019, according to IRI.

Organic berry sales topped $760 million in 2019 and comprised 12.3% of total retail berry sales, according to data from IRI. Marketers moved more than 13.7 million pounds of berries in 2019.

Episode 51 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features a conversation with Kristina Lorusso, business development director for Giumarra, about the company’s recent tests of autonomous trucks and aircraft to move produce.