On Monday, dozens of organizations representing consumers, industry leaders, and state and local regulators, including the International Fresh Produce Association, called on the Food and Drug Administration to strengthen leadership and accountability in FDA’s food-safety and nutrition program. Their joint letter follows recent reports on serious issues within the FDA, including problematic organizational structure, governance, and performance.

It's time to take Cinco de Mayo celebrations from adequate to awesome. Avocados From Mexico is showing fans new ways to celebrate with avocados this Cinco by introducing the Guactail.

Produce is a big deal in Georgia — its nickname, after all, is the Peach State. Georgia is famous for those peaches, of course, as well as sweet Vidalia onions, but according to the Georgia Farm Bureau’s it’s also the top state in the production of peanuts, pecans, and blueberries, and is near the top in water-melons, cucumbers, sweet corn, Bell peppers, tomatoes, cantaloupes and cabbage.

Even in a week when almost 63 million pounds of avocados were available for sale in the U.S. market, demand continued to outstrip supply and the FOB price remained extremely high.

Jimmy Myrick, vice president of Pompano Beach, FL-based Edward L. Myrick Produce, is happy to report that business this past year started to get back to normal as the country slowly reopened.