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Thanks to the hard work of a small group of volunteers, the Field Operations and Harvesting and the Combined Harmonized Food Safety Standards are now both available in Spanish. …

The Michigan blueberry harvest is once again about to launch into full swing and local growers are working long hours to ensure that the blueberries are picked, packed and available to consumers, retailers, restaurants, and food manufacturers, locally as well as throughout the country. …

FirstFruits Marketing of Washington, marketers of the widely acclaimed Opal® apple, has announced the recipients of grants from the Opal apple Youth Make a Difference Initiative, a campaign designed to provide financial support from the 2014-2015 Opal sales to youth-led food and agriculture-related non-profits. …

Church Brothers, a leading grower/processor/shipper of more than 500 fresh vegetable SKUs, is activating a new program to help reduce food waste and water usage; the company is calling its part of this emerging food trend #ImperfectVeg. …

Inteligistics Inc., provider of innovative wireless temperature visibility solutions for the fresh produce industry, is poised for fast growth on the cusp of the Forbes Magazine / SVG Partners Reinventing America AgTech Summit slated for July 8 – 9 2015 in Salinas, California. One of ten finalists from a broad field of entries for SVG Partners Thrive Accelerator Award to be announced at the Summit, Inteligistics’ mission is to ensure quality and freshness from harvest to store shelf. …