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Produce professionals should remember that many U.S. consumers do not speak English, especially those in the large and growing Latino communities. This group also faces many nutritionally related health issues that, as a culture, did not afflict its members when they lived in their homelands.

Although June is typically the heaviest production period for Mexican mangos, U.S. distributors said that the peak of the season will most likely come in July as the Nayarit and Sinaloa production areas are a couple of weeks later than usual.

SANTA CLARA, CA -- Think-21 believes it has technology that will be of interest to food processors and supermarkets, among others, in the United States.

Utilizing the technology of a partner in Europe, Long Island City, NY-based Think-21 believes that its advanced anaerobic digestion waste recycling systems will provide a low-cost alternative to waste disposal and at the same time produce renewable bio-gas from waste in the United States.

CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ -- The Super Foodtown here in the northern part of the state was handling quite an assortment of Jersey-grown vegetables in mid- May and would soon be featuring more items more prominently as the season continued to expand.

Among the Jersey-grown items already available when The Produce News visited here May 21 were Romaine, red leaf, green lead, Boston, scallions, leeks, asparagus, escarole, mint, arugula, dill, cilantro, kale, turnip tops and swiss chard, according to Tom Bleaken, the store's produce manager.

FRESNO, CA -- Trinity Fruit Sales Co., here, which markets an assortment of California-grown produce throughout the year, has added fresh figs to its summer and fall line-up.

According to Maurice (Mo) Cameron, a salesman with the company, "We are shipping four different varieties" of fresh figs: Black Mission, Calimyrna, Kadota and Brown Turkey.

HERMOSILLO, SONORA, MEXICO -- In an effort to counter a negative image for Mexican-grown produce in the United States and other export markets, the Mexican government implemented a program in 1999 called Mexico Calidad Suprema or, in its English translation, Mexico Supreme Quality.