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Gourmet Trading Company, North American distributor of fresh Asparagus and Blueberries, is excited to promote its Green Giant Fresh® products featuring Box Tops For Education® for Back to School. The company first joined the Green Giant Fresh and Box Tops for Education program last fall with its Bagged Fresh Asparagus and recently expanded its product line with Fresh Blueberries. …

Tomato growers across Mexico are united in their opposition to efforts by some U.S. tomato growers to bring down the agreement that has brought stability to the market for sixteen years. CAADES Sinaloa, A.C., Consejo Agrícola de Baja California, A.C., Asociación Mexicana de Horticultura Protegida, A.C. (AMHPAC), Union Agricola Regional de Sonora Productores de Hortalizas Frutas y Legumbres, Confederacion Nacional de Productores de Hortalizas, and Mexico’s Sistema Producto Tomate issue this combined statement in response to this recent action. …

Purity Organic Produce (formerly Pacific Organic Produce) is pleased to announce the addition of Mark Sandell to the Purity Team. …

The rise of Cuties heralds the arrival of big-money marketing in a tradition-steeped corner of American industry. Techniques once reserved for promoting consumer products have now made their way into the produce section. Just as people have long asked for a "Kleenex" instead of a tissue, they are starting to ask for "Cuties" when they mean mandarins. …

Colorado’s cantaloupe crop is expected to be significantly smaller this year in the wake of a listeria outbreak that killed 13 people last year. The Rocky Ford Growers Association said Thursday that only 30 percent of the fields have been planted this year. …