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The International Fresh Produce Association announced DNO Produce as the 2022 Industry Advocate of the Year Award recipient.  The award was given at The Washington Conference and was featured in the breakfast general session. It recognizes one IFPA member company each year that serves as an advocate for the entire produce industry.

IFPA announces Advocate of the Year at The Washington Conference

Highlights from The Washington conference – Day 1

As schools finish the academic year, DNO Produce released its own yearbook to celebrate fruits, veggies and the team of humans behind them. Enjoy the yearbook on DNO’s social media pages or its website.

  DNO Produce, a leading fresh-cut produce processor and wholesale distributor, announced its new company name. Moving forward the company will be known as NO Produce.

Black Lives Matter Topeka is partnering with the boys Highland Park High School basketball team and Topeka Habitat for Humanity to distribute food boxes from Operation Food Secure, according to a post on the City of Topeka’s Facebook page.  The event takes place at Highland Park High School, 2424 S.E. California Ave., from 9 a.m.-11 a.m. on Saturday morning.  “Neighbors will receive a food box consisting of fresh produce, milk, and other items along with community resource information,”...

Food insecure residents in northeast Kansas were almost faced with a multi-week gap in food boxes after a federal program didn’t receive funding in time, but Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas stepped in to fill the funding gap.  Congress approved the fifth round of “purchases” for the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program when it passed the COVID-19 relief bill in late December. But it will take weeks before the $1.5 billion in federal funding can get the program running agai...