NORTH YORK, ON -- Upon entering Galati Market Fresh's Leslie store, located here about 10 minutes north of downtown Toronto, shoppers are met with a variety of the freshest produce, both bulk and fresh cut, and in copious varieties.

Arizona growers are hoping the U.S. Food & Drug Administration finds a contamination source related to the latest Romaine lettuce recall traced from an Ohio processor back to a Yuma, AZ, field as they think about next season's crop.

ATLANTA -- "What'll ya have? What'll ya have? What'll ya have?"

That mantra is as familiar to Georgians as the Pledge of Allegiance, and many have heard it since childhood. Since 1928, The Varsity restaurant has been welcoming diners with that question and serving up fresh, made-from- scratch fare like burgers, dogs, french fries and maybe the world's best onion rings from its landmark location at North Ave. and Spring St. in downtown Atlanta.

In a bipartisan show of support for the United Fresh Foundation's A Salad Bar in Every School campaign, U.S. Reps. Steve Driehaus (D-OH) and Jean Schmidt (R-OH) were scheduled to cheer the dedication of a new salad bar May 10 at Cincinnati's Academy of World Languages.

They were to be joined by Chiquita Brands Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fernando Aguirre, Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent Mary Ronan and United Fresh Produce Association President and CEO Tom Stenzel.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association's Dan Dempster advised the association's board of directors at its Vancouver 2010 meeting that he would be retiring as CPMA president on May 1, 2011.

Mr. Dempster began his career with CPMA on April 17, 1977, and assumed the position of president on April 1, 1983. During his term with the CPMA, the association's membership has increased significantly to 720 Canadian and international members. The CPMA's convention and trade show has also experienced great growth, with over 3,000 visitors expected at this year's event.

HerbThyme Farms, headquartered in Compton, CA, will vigorously fight a class action lawsuit that was recently filed in California by attorney Raymond Boucher alleging mislabeling of organic products from at least one of its facilities.

The firm was first notified of the suit in late April, and it quickly released a statement briefly explaining the origin of the charges and vowing to "defend our products and reputation vigorously."