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Amado, Ariz.-based Wholesum is introducing top-seal packaging for its organic tomatoes-on-the-vine.

A new waste reduction tool is available to members of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association.

Compared with year-ago levels, retail organic apple sales were up 30% in dollars and organic pear volume soared 29% in August.

Pleasant Prairie, Wis.-based Good Foods is launching its Queso, Buffalo and Tzatziki dips in single-serve sizes.

Several web seminars focus on traceability in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed traceability rules.

Re Fresh, Salinas, Calif., which launched in August, has added a slate of seven professionals to its staff in business development and other roles.

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers and its local healthcare provider are celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Stemilt Family Clinic.

Leonardo Tarriba, CEO of Farmer’s Best International, is the new chairman of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, Nogales, Ariz.

The Organic Trade Association is advocating for more federal support of organic production as a means to mitigate climate change.

The Packer’s Editor Tom Karst spoke with Driscoll’s president Soren Bjorn about the issue of seasonal trade protection for U.S. blueberry growers.