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September 8, 2009

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 The Front Page

Hearings set for leafy greens marketing agreement

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced dates and times for a series of hearings to give interested parties a chance to offer comments and learn more about a proposed national marketing agreement for leafy green vegetables.
To learn more. . .

* Cold-storage facility planned for Houston airport
* PMA offers online DataBar tools
* Mango board names winner of kids video contest
* PACA actions
* Retail Roundup

 

Outside the Insider

* Vance launches marketing services division (minonline.com)
* Groceries to cost even less as supermarket price war intensifies (latimes.com)
* Dole fights workers' Nicaraguan verdict in U.S. court (bloomburg.com)
* Survey: Most Americans have changed their eating habits (bizjournals.com)
* Report maps out solutions to child obesity (usatoday.com)
* [China] China to formulate new system of food safety standards (china.org.cn)
* [United Kingdom] Supermarkets pave way for introduction of GM food to UK (telegraph.co.uk)

 

People

BOBBY STOKES has joined sales for Curry Co Inc., Brooks, Oregon.

DAREN PIMISKERN of Del Fresco Produce Ltd., Kingsville, Ontario, Canada, passed away Aug. 28. He was 42.

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