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The
Front Page
PBH
bows out of promotion board effort
After spearheading
talks about creating a national fruit and vegetable research
and promotion board since April, Produce for Better Health Foundation
has stepped back from the project and will leave any further
discussion of the issue in the hands of industry leaders, according
to a news release.
To
learn more. . .
*
United
Fresh Executive Development Program slated
* Reports
study potential of produce in foodservice
* Promos
spotlight apples, broccoli, herbs, potatoes
* Retail
Roundup
* PACA
actions
Outside
the Insider
* It's
time fruit juice loses its wholesome image, some experts say
(latimes.com)
* Perishables
sales booming at retail (mediapost.com)
* Market
opens up for local citrus packers (bradenton.com)
* New
law to test citrus for pests (fresno.bee.com)
* Growing
pains: Despite big crops, some apple growers are having difficulty
finding buyers (heraldpalladium.com)
* Laser
etching safe for labeling grapefruit (redorbit.com)
* MSU
researchers improve yield of Mich. fruit farms (statenews.com)
* [Canada]
Organic veggies might be scarce (montrealgazette.com)
People
ROBERT
FAIRCHILD is no longer with DLJ Produce Inc., Industry, California.
RICK ILLIG
formerly with Interfresh Inc., Orange, California, has joined
Henry Avocado Corp., Los Angeles, California.
CHRIST
KAMBEROS, co-founder, president and CEO of Treasure Island
Foods Inc., Chicago, Illinois passed away October 27, 2009.
He was 87.
STEVE
HOOD of Keystone Fruit Marketing Inc., Greencastle Pennsylvania,
passed away October 29, 2009.
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