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Southern Specialties, Inc. is proud to announce that its newly designed, in interactive and graphically appealing website features a fresh and updated look for the company’s online presence. …

A year and two days after the City of Chicago amended zoning codes to allow local urban agriculture, the city of Chicago has moved to the forefront of urban center food production by licensing Chicago’s first indoor (vertical) farm company, SkyyGreens Aquaponics. …

United Fresh is pleased to welcome Brian Walsh, President of the American Action Network (AAN), to give remarks at the 2012 Washington Public Policy Conference. At Tuesday’s General Session Luncheon, Walsh will provide his perspective on the competing influence of Super PACs and political parties in the current elections. Walsh will also look at the impact social media is having on the electorate and which party may have the upper hand with social media in the November elections. …

Sun World International LLC has appointed Stems Fruit Pty Ltd, a relatively new stone fruit export company in South Africa, as a licensed stone fruit marketer. Stems Fruit Pty Ltd joins Capespan Exports Pty Ltd and Green Marketing International Pty Ltd and brings to the table a solid producer base as well as professional and expert stone fruit management team. …

Fresh Express Incorporated is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of 9 oz. Leafy Green Romaine Salad with the expired Use-by Date of September 16 as a precaution in an unlikely event that consumers may still have the expired salad in their refrigerators. The recall was necessitated by a positive test result for Listeria monocytogenes on a single package out of many samples collected for the U. S. Department of Agriculture random sample testing program. …