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New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher visited blueplate Restaurant in Mullica Hill on Wednesday, August 6and was served a delicious three-course meal celebrating the Jersey Fresh peach harvest, one of the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council’s Peach Month events. …

More than 260 representatives of the international apple and pear sector met on the occasion of the 38th Prognosfruit Conference on 7th August 2014 in Istanbul (Turkey). On this occasion, WAPA (World Apple and Pear Association) released the 2014 European apple and pear crop estimates. The 2014 apple production in the EU will increase by 9% compared to the crop of last year. Regarding pears, European growers predict a decrease by 2% compared to last year. …

Full Tilt Marketing, a full service marketing agency specializing in fresh produce, is proud to partner with national food bloggers on a cookbook promotion that celebrates the whole food, slow food movement while giving back to the food community through donations to local food banks. …

Avina Fresh Mushrooms brand Sliced Crimini Mushrooms are being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. …

Russia will ban fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told a government meeting on Thursday. …