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October 28, 2008

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 The Front Page

PMA Fresh Summit attendance tops 17,500

A record number of attendees for an East Coast Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit International Convention and Exposition were drawn to Orlando, Fla., for this year's event, according to a news release.
To learn more. . .

* United Fresh issues new quarterly report
* Grower prices, taxes lower for Florida citrus
* Guatemalan firm named exporter of the year
* PACA actions
* Retail Roundup

Outside the Insider

* Cancer treatment: How eating fruit and vegetables can improve cancer patients' response to chemotherapy (sciencedaily.com)
* Brands lose relevance in food-buying decisions (mediapost.com)
* A&M's maroon carrot branches out (chron.com)
* Packing factory prospering as shoppers continue to shell out for organics (courant.com)
* New plants could prompt more prodigious pepper production in Southwest (agnews.tamu.edu)
* [Scotland] Record level of pesticides on fruit and veg (sundayherald.com)
* [United Kingdom] Revealed: The 20 'functional foods' you should be eating for a long and active life (dailymail.co.uk)

 

People

KRISTY ANTON and AMADOR SANCHEZ are no longer with Produce Group Inc., Homestead, Florida.

MARY KELLMANSON has joined Winn-Dixie Stores Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, as vice president of marketing.

DURB PEARSON has left Lake Hamilton Transportation Inc., Lake Hamilton, Florida.

SAM PAPA formerly with Class Produce Group LLC, Jessup, Maryland, has joined sales and purchasing for Greenburg Farms, Hagerstown, Maryland.

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