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Watch the on-scene video and read about the Quebec Produce Marketing Association’s successful convention.

Iconic fall crops such as pumpkins are doing well just before harvest, even though temperatures are still hovering in the 90s in several U.S. regions.

Mirabel, Quebec-based Les Serres Sagami Inc., a conventional and organic tomato marketer with the Savoura brand, has hired a new president, making the company’s leadership 100% female-led.

Bulk bins of pomegranates have been a popular offering from Simonian Fruit Co., Fowler, Calif., for quite a while, said Jeff Simonian, sales manager. But this year the company is adding more options.

BOSTON — Rich Dachman had two goals at the keynote speech he presented at the New England Produce Council’s 20th anniversary Produce, Floral and Foodservice Expo.

Pomegranate volume is expected to be down, but this year Trinity Fruit Co. Inc. sales are expected to increase.

Bancroft, Wisc.-based RPE Inc. is set to reveal a new bite-sized potato to their Tasteful Selections product lineup.

Banana supplies should be steady, and sales look favorable for the next several months, grower-shippers say.

Clear Labs’ Clear Safety platform has received Association of Official Agricultural Chemists (AOAC) Performance Tested Methods certification for genus listeria and Listeria monocytogenes testing.

The Food and Drug Administration has released an updated version of the Food Defense Plan Builder.