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When I first wrote this column nearly four years ago, I thought it would just be a quirky story about my grandpa’s funny name for green peppers.

Business updates on companies featured in The Packer’s Summer Citrus section

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.

The U.S. and Mexico have been making progress toward their goal of reducing the risk of illnesses linked to produce, according to a Food and Drug Administration report.

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

Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, but the state’s citrus was spared.

Danone is considering a sale of Earthbound Farm, the organic produce processor and distributor it acquired in 2016.

Canadian retailer Loblaw Cos. Ltd. is signaling a huge commitment to local growers, pledging to spend $150 million more each year by 2025, buying local produce and curtailing imports when possible.

The California Fresh Fruit Association has prioritized issues for 2019, with federal immigration policies and their effects on the labor force as the leading issue.

The American cranberry industry is one of the biggest losers so far in the escalating trade dispute between the European Union and the U.S.