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Joe Pezzini is setting a personal tone for his tenure as the new chair of Center for Produce Safety’s board of directors.

The Publix Produce for Kids cause marketing campaign wrapped with 13 produce partners providing 852,000 meals to the 35 Feeding America member food banks in the Publix market area.

Produce veterans Jim Provost and Neil Millman joined forces to form I Love Produce, a wholesale garlic and produce company with strong values, a family atmosphere and a steady supply chain of garlic, shallots and ginger for their customers.

United Natural Foods Inc. completed its annual UNFI Conventional Expo show. The company hosted nearly 2,700 customers, connecting them with its vast network of suppliers and providing them with access to food choices, fresh thinking, new innovations, services, show deals and promotions only available at the show. UNFI’s Conventional Expo is held annually in July to help independent grocers plan, prepare and buy for the upcoming holiday and spring selling seasons.

The National Mango Board has launched a new series called Origin Stories, which are micro-documentaries that tell the story of mangos and the people who produce them.

As the calendar hit July 4, Wada Farms’ North Carolina watermelon season was just starting up, and the company was excited to see continued growth in this market segment.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry:

California Giant Berry Farms, a leader in fresh sustainable berries, announced nine semi-finalists of its fourth annual 2022 Chef Invitational.

Basciani Foods is excited to reconnect with the produce industry at the upcoming International Fresh Produce Association’s The Foodservice Conference, taking place July 28-29 in Monterey, CA. “COVID-19 has delayed a lot of events in the past few years and curbed Basciani Food’s attendance at shows,” Joseph Basciani, chief financial officer of the Avondale, PA-based company, told The Produce News in early July.

The International Fresh Produce Association’s annual Foodservice Conference is always a premier opportunity for produce companies to meet with buyers from across the foodservice sector.