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Members of the Fresh Produce & Floral Council 2020 Apprentice Class continue to learn about the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, recently attending virtual tours.

BRONX, N.Y. — Among the more than 30 firms at Hunts Point Produce Market, there’s always extra food for people who can’t afford it.

Leonardo’s Produce, Detroit, has joined the FreshEdge group of produce and specialty food companies.

You had to crawl out of your comfort zone — if you hadn’t already — to make it as a fruit or vegetable grower in 2020 and going into 2021.

A new PhilaPort distribution center will add more than 200,000 square feet of flexible, food-grade storage within one mile of the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal.

The National Association of Perishable Agricultural Receivers annual golf tournament honoring the memory of produce industry leader Pete Class is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. May 8.

Houston-based Brothers Produce is no longer affiliated with any other Brothers Produce divisions.

After 36 years with the company, Ross Wileman is retiring from Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce.

Caesar DiCrecchio was sentenced to spend 10-plus years in prison, three years of supervised release and pay $8 million in restitution for defrauding the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market of more than $7.8 million.

Ben E. Keith Foods proudly announces its purchase of Florida Food Service, Inc.