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Retailers want more fair trade products, and fresh fruit and vegetable companies have responded.

Forbes has recognized ag tech startups Apeel Sciences, BrightFarms, FoodLogIQ, Plenty, Produce Pay, SWIIM, Soft Robotics, Trace Genomics and Understory as being among the most innovative in the field.

Earl’s Organic Produce, San Francisco, has hired Kevin Cook as director of human resources.

Mayda Sotomayor is The Packer’s 2018 Produce Woman of the Year.

The Organic Trade Association has hired Johanna Mirenda as farm policy director.

CHICAGO — The produce industry needs to play catch up with innovation and advancing technology, David Krause believes.

SALINAS, Calif. — Ag tech startups and other businesses looking to set up shop in Salinas, Calif., will have more options after the completion of a project announced June 27 at the Forbes AgTech Summit.

Food safety technology company Certus has introduced a rapid response in-house pathogen testing system.

Mango shipments from Brazil are underway, with the season delayed compared to previous years.

CHICAGO — At 6% below the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s August forecast and down 6% from 2017 production, the 2018 apple crop is forecast to be 256.16 million cartons, according to the U.S. Apple Association.