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World avocado output has boomed in the last decade, and global expansion in production is far from over, Rabobank says in a new report.

The Amado, Ariz.-based fair trade certified grower and shipper of organic vegetables says it is becoming a more fully integrated farm by building in-house capabilities to produce organic seeds.

Strawberry numbers are increasing for Bobalu LLC in early May, says Cindy Jewell, vice president of marketing for the Oxnard, Calif.-based marketer.

Check out the winning mushroom display in PMG’s Winter 2023 contest of the Produce Artist Award Series, plus other mushroom display entries in the series.

What stops a shopper from trying a new fruit or vegetable is often uncertainty: How to choose the right one, when it’s ripe enough to eat and how to cut it and use it.

Avocados have been called green “gold” for a reason. Marketers, fueled mainly by surging imports, have grown the fruit’s retail per capita availability from 4.8 pounds in 2011 to 7.4 pounds in 2019, the USDA says.

How are retailers and suppliers inserting fruit-and-vegetable ideas, tips and solutions to shoppers with young families in May and June?

Rio Rico, Ariz.-based Ciruli Bros. has released a new website to better communicate the company’s offerings, availability, and core values to its trading partners.

Kingsville, Ontario-based Mastronardi Produce has been named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies for the 14th year in a row.

The Netherlands-based Enza Zaden says its new tomato varieties provide growers another tool to combat Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV).