Village Farms will have strong representation at the CPMA/ACDFL Annual Convention & Trade Show in Calgary on April 11-13. Helen L. Aquino, marketing manager; Aman Chatha, Northwest regional sales manager; Andrew Sable, Delta gatekeeper, British Columbia; and Mitch Fortier, Delta greenhouse grower, British Columbia, will be on hand at Village Farms’ booth 618.

It appears to be an accepted assertion that fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income people is relatively low, largely because of cost. But a new study reveals that quality, selection and convenience are also big inhibitors to this population’s produce-consumption levels.

Dan'l Mackey Almy, president of Irving, TX-based DMA Solutions Inc., will be the guest speaker at United Fresh Produce Association's 15th annual Reception Honoring Women in Produce, Wednesday, May 2, at United Fresh 2012 in Dallas.

Steve Patricio

Georgia-Pacific has gifted $250,000 to the Center for Produce Safety, located at the University of California-Davis.

WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry should not back off a commitment to specialty crop programs as they mark up the farm bill in the coming weeks, according to an April 2 letter signed by 32 U.S. senators and hailed by the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance.

Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Patty Murray (D-WA) led the effort to build support for 32 lawmakers to sign the three-page letter sent to Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member Pat Roberts (R-KS).