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Camposol Fresh USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Camposol Holdings PLC www.camposol.com.pe the leading agro-industrial company headquartered in Lima, Peru and the largest exporter of asparagus in the world, announced the establishment of its first North American office in Pompano Beach, Florida. Established in 1997, Camposol owns all fields where its products are planted and harvested, and exports peppers, avocados, mangoes, artichokes, tangerines, and grapes, along with frozen shrimp. …

This year’s crop is threatened by a red-eyed, weak-flying fruit fly that has soft-fruit farmers across the United States scrambling to protect not just blueberries, but raspberries, blackberries, and late-season strawberries. The spotted wing drosophila, an Asian fly found in California in 2008, first showed up in New England in 2011. …

Bite into an imported grape or blueberry in South Florida and you’re probably eating a fruit that was shipped from South America all the way to the Philadelphia area before being trucked back down to your local supermarket. A business coalition wants to change that, so those imports can now come directly to South Florida seaports, saving time and money for importers and providing fresher produce to consumers. …

Southern Specialties hosted the 2013 Southeast Produce Council’s STEP-UPP leadership class to an educational presentation and tour of the company’s Pompano Beach facility on August 1. …

Roundy’s, Inc. (Roundy’s) (NYSE: RNDY), a leading grocer in the Midwest, today announced a joint venture with the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative (WFHC), a member of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Something Special from Wisconsin™ program (SSfW™), in an effort to provide communities with locally grown produce in its Wisconsin market grocery stores. Beginning this Wednesday, Aug. 7, all Copps, Pick ’n Save and Metro Market stores will offer new produce from WFHC. …