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The 2022 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention will be held in-person at the Hershey Lodge on February 1 to 3, 2022.

Western Growers Senior Vice President, Science De Ann Davis, PhD, will serve a second two-year term as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).

Chief executives representing the new association being formed by the PMA and United Fresh, Cathy Burns and Tom Stenzel, will share an important update about the new organization on October 28, 2021.

Agtech data and analytics company Agtools has been selected by UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation’s “Born in California” demo days.

With reports of more than 600 people sickened and 120 hospitalized by salmonella infections, onions grown in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, were implicated in a recall announced by the FDA on Oct. 20.

Santa Paula, Calif.-based Calavo Growers announced the company will discontinue its Renaissance Food Group’s food processing operations at its Green Cove Springs, Fla., facility by mid-to-late November this year.

Based In South Florida, Pacific Produce (PacPro) is a grower, importer, and distributor of high-quality fruits and vegetables. PacPro started importing asparagus and table grapes in 2002.

Welcome to The Packer’s Fresh Take, a column featuring advice and inspiration from leaders and innovators in the produce industry, in their own words.

Hazel Technologies Inc. announces a partnership with Calavo Growers Inc., one of the leading grower-shippers of fresh Hawaiian papaya, tomato, and Hass avocado in the world.

Mexican Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development Victor Villalobos and United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the following statement at the conclusion of their bilateral meeting in Ames, Iowa.