Two words that are challenging the produce vegetable markets right now are "escalated' and "extreme."

Food Lion Feeds has surpassed $1 million in support to No Kid Hungry, a national campaign committed to ending childhood hunger. One in eight children, or 9 million children, in the United States lives with hunger. Since partnering with No Kid Hungry in 2019, Food Lion Feeds has donated funding that can help provide 10 million meals to kids. This funding has supported grants to 55 school districts and community organizations that are working to feed kids through school meals, summer meal sites and additional food distribution programs.

The Southeast Produce Council has announced that students wishing to apply for the council's Vorhees Vision Scholarship may do so beginning Nov. 28. The application can only be submitted online through a link that will be provided by the council beginning on that date.

Last Thursday Tanimura & Antle celebrated 40 years since its two founding families — who migrated to the Salinas Valley chasing the California dream — shook hands and established a company that would impact the fresh produce and agriculture industry forever.

Online grocery sales finished October with $7.8 billion in total sales, down 3 percent compared to a year ago and flat versus the prior month, according to the monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey. While October's year-over-year decline was similar to the previous month, October's results were driven by different factors, including changes in spending per order, order frequency and monthly active users, that were not evenly distributed across the leading retail formats like mass and grocery.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on H Brooks & Co. LLC in New Brighton, MN, for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.