Produce

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. …

WAPA (World Apple and Pear Association) today released its Northern Hemisphere crop estimate to more than 220 representatives at the 37th Prognosfruit Conference Prague (Czech Republic). The 2013 apple production in the EU is expected to increase by 7% compared to the 2012 crop while European pear growers are predicting an 18% increase. …

As California avocado season continues into late summer and early fall, the California Avocado Commission (CAC) is promoting one regional and one national beef-themed program designed to encourage consumption of California avocados on a variety of burgers and fresh dishes with lean beef. …

Heeren Brothers Produce is recalling approximately 5,400 cantaloupes because of a possible health risk to consumers. The produce, which was distributed to small, independent grocers in Michigan July 23-26, has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and should be discarded and not consumed. The cantaloupes are Athena Cantaloupes, but have no stickers or other markings that identify them as such.

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