For Patrick Delaney, a love of music led to a career in radio that ultimately led to a job at the United Fresh Produce Association.

Mr. Delaney, communications manager for United Fresh, grew up in Kansas City, a mecca for music lovers and a hub for the meat industry.

PUEBLO, CO — With a client base that stretches around the globe, Magnuson Corp. and its parent company, Atlas Pacific Co., manufacture and supply a full range of vegetable, fruit and meat processing equipment.

WASHINGTON — The yearly release of pesticide residue data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture should be framed in a way not to discourage people from consuming fresh produce, 18 produce trade groups wrote Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in an April 27 letter.

Peppadew, the name given to a variety of sweet piquante pepper marketed by Peppadew International, based in South Africa, is enjoying a surge in popularity, and its North American sales agent is promoting it at produce trade shows and looking to claim some shelf space in supermarket produce departments for the jarred product.

BOSTON — The New England Produce Council drew a large crowd of exhibitors, retailers and produce industry members to its baseball-themed 11th annual Produce & Floral Expo, here, complete with a former Major League Baseball star and a well-trafficked exhibit floor.