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March 23, 2010

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 The Front Page

United Fresh 2010 to spotlight school salad bars

Participants at United Fresh 2010 will hear how New York City schools implemented an extensive salad bar program during a keynote address from Eric Goldstein, chief executive officer, and Jorge Collazo, executive chef for New York City SchoolFood, according to a news release.
To learn more. . .

* 'Traceability boot camps' set for March, April
* Extra-sweet Florida strawberries ready for harvest
* Taylor Farms boosts its PBH donation to $250,000
* PACA actions
* Briefly noted . . .

Outside the Insider

* Scientists side with smelt, salmon protections (latimes.com)
* Looming citrus disease could annihilate county's trees (vcstar.com)
* Tomato king sees empire fall (modbee.com)
* [Canada] Tomato shortage to help Niagara greenhouse growers (stcatherinesstandard.ca)
* Less competition helps some Tulare County stone-fruit growers (visaliatimesdelta.com)
* [Australia] Perfect produce quest killing Australian farms (au.news.yahoo.com)
* Working for the Vidalia onion growers is a sweet life (jacksonville.com)

 

People

FRANCIS PERRY MURPHY founder of O P Murphy Produce Co. Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, passed away March 13, 2010. He was 84.

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Red Book University

RB University Acknowledgments

Guest Speakers scheduled for March:

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. CST

 

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