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For the last year, the Produce Marketing Association has met with a group of members weekly to discuss the state of produce in foodservice. As PMA predicts that the business will start to come back by summer, the group projects where the industry will go next.

Produce Marketing Association has announced that Fresh Summit 2021 will take place, in-person, October 28-30, 2021 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Tom Vilsack as Agriculture Secretary Feb. 23 by the vote of 92-7.

So many produce companies have invested in sustainable practices and found the business and environmental payoff, but the investment in telling consumers is usually too expensive. For now, it’s good enough to tell your customers. But there are cost-effective ways to share it beyond that.

Southern hemisphere citrus growers plan to follow up 2020 record demand with another record export crop in 2021.

The Produce Marketing Association acknowledges the effort and significant resources allocated to this comprehensive investigation and recognizes the broad cooperation demonstrated by the produce industry in the California Central Coast region during the fall crop production season.

Even as the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act turns 10 this week, food safety remains a work in progress.

The American Peanut Council is pleased to announce the selection of Richard Owen as its new President & Chief Executive Officer, effective February 1, 2021.

No one saw 2020 coming, and it’s no easier to project what 2021 or the next five years will bring. But two produce industry leaders predicted increasing disruption both in the industry and world economies on this week’s PMA town hall webinar.

The Produce Marketing Association submitted comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Proposed Rule for Pesticides; Exemptions of Certain Plant Incorporated Protectants Derived from Newer Technologies.