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56.6
million packages of Calif. tree fruit forecast
California's
2008 tree fruit crop is expected to total 56.6 million packages
-- 23.8 million for peaches, 11.6 million for plums and 21.2
million for nectarines -- the Reedley-based California Tree
Fruit Agreement reported in a news release.
To
learn more. . .
*
Potato
display contest winners announced
* Funds
expected to fight Florida citrus diseases
* United
Fresh names 2008 board members
* PACA
actions
* Retail
Roundup
Outside
the Insider
* Artichokes
becoming a year-round crop in California (cfbf.com)
* As
prices of organic foods rise, plain old fruits and vegetables
suddenly look better (Newsweek.com)
* Families
suffer as food prices jump: lawmakers (yahoo.com)
* Report:
U.S. food safety obsolete (upi.com)
* [United
Kingdom] Update: UK recommends 'competition test' for grocery
market (cnn.com)
* [Australia]
Tax junk, subsidise fruit, says AMA (news.com.au)
People
ABE BROWN
has joined Brownie Brokerage Inc., Nogales, Arizona.
GEORGE
CHAVEZ is no longer with Certified Pack, Nogales, Arizona.
JENNIFER
ROUCH is no longer connected with Superior Sales Inc., Kingsburg,
California.
PETER
CICERO has left J & J Produce Inc., Loxahatchee, Florida.
C J WREN
is no longer connected with Walsma & Lyons Inc., Byron
Center, Michigan.
WAYNE
MILLER of Truckers Exchange Inc., Jackson, Mississippi, has
passed away.
JOHN GILMORE
is now on the phones at Four Seasons Produce Inc., Ephrata,
Pennsylvania.
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