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The pandemic choked off foodservice sales because it forced eateries to close — or limit — their business activities, but it has not slowed onion demand, suppliers note.

U.S. imports of Peruvian asparagus have risen from 149.6 million pounds in 2000 to 556.6 million pounds in 2019.

Retailer Giant Food, in partnership with Avocados from Peru, is donating a trailer load of avocados to Feeding America food banks on National Avocado Day, July 31.

The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t seem to have hurt sales of organic produce.

A successful package-recycling program is a numbers game, according to Jeff Brandenburg, president and primary consultant for the Greenfield, Mass.-based JSB Group LLC and QFresh Lab in Salinas, Calif.

Tree-ripened peaches from California’s San Joaquin Valley were shipped by air to four Gelson’s stores in the Los Angeles region, and the experiment was hailed as a success.

In certain areas of Quebec, crops thrive in that special mucky, black soil that many upstate New York growers enjoy.

The trend in packaging for the produce industry early this year was toward eliminating single-use plastic or even doing away with packaging altogether, merchandising fruits and vegetables loose in bulk displays.

Mushrooms and the concept of sustainability seem to go hand in hand.

Salsa joins the list of recalled food caught up in a nationwide advisory on onions because of an outbreak of Salmonella Newport.