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West Pak celebrates 30 years in the California avocado industry

06-CalifAvos-WestPak-Doug-MDoug Meyer, vice president of sales and marketing of West Pak, which will celebrate 30 years in the avocado business in 2012.

West Pak Avocado Inc.

Mild winter, warm spring could result in an upset market

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Bill Nardelli, president of Nardelli Bros., proudly displays a beautiful bunch of parsley in front of his fields, which are coming on three weeks early.

Stabenow pledges to mark up the farm bill; house hearings begin

WASHINGTON — Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) hopes to mark up the next farm bill after wrapping up her hearings, while the House Agriculture Committee showcased specialty crops and dairy products during its first farm bill hearing in New York earlier this month.

LMTS and St. Baldrick’s raise money for cancer research

Fourteen LMTS employees shaved their heads in support of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser for childhood cancer research.Fourteen LMTS employees shaved their heads in support of the St.

Industry meets in Arizona for second annual ATPC

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FPAA President Lance Jungmeyer; Ed Bertaud of IFCO in Houston, TX, chairman of the Texas Produce Association; Chris Ciruli of Ciruli Bros.

Second annual ATPC kicks off

TUBAC, AZ -- William Watson, executive director of the Orlando, FL-based National Mango Board, and Brent Harrison, president of Al Harrison Distributors Co. in Nogales, AZ, at the March 21 opening reception of the second annual America Trades Produce Conference, held March 21-23, here. The conference, which is co-hosted by the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas and the Texas Produce Association, is designed to explore issues related to the U.S.

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