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Schafer
will be United Fresh keynote speaker
Ed Schafer,
U.S. secretary of agriculture, will deliver the keynote address
at the United Fresh Produce Association's annual meeting and
breakfast general session May 6 during the United Fresh Las
Vegas 2008 show, according to a news release.
To
learn more. . .
*
Ballantine
to pack, market for P-R Farms
* California
Giant, Tennis Channel plan promotion
* FDA
plans to open office in China
* PACA
actions
* Retail
Roundup
Outside
the Insider
* UFW
signs pact with Mexican state for guest workers on U.S. farms
(sacbee.com)
* Plastic
fruit bins useful yet highly flammable (yakimaherald.com)
* Democrats
propose country of origin rule for food, drugs (washingtonpost.com)
* Walnut
industry seeing change (recordnet.com)
* Pricey
fertilizer could impact cost of fruits and vegetables (canadianbusiness.com)
* Federal
judge upholds NYC's calories-on-menus law (newsday.com)
* Restaurant
promoting local fare (zwire.com)
People
STEVE
DAVIS is no longer connected with Mills Family Farms (a dba
of Mills Distributing Co. Inc.), Salinas, California.
DAVID
SHIPMAN has been selected as the new associate administrator
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing
Service.
PAUL MARINELLI,
CEO of Barron Collier Cos., Naples, Florida, passed away April
10.
RONALD
RABINOWITZ is no longer associated with Produce Alliance LLC,
Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
JOEL GRIFFITH
is now with Smith Truck Brokers, Mars Hill, Maine.
TODD HULTQUIST
has joined the U.S. Apple Association, Vienna, Virginia as
director of communications and membership.
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