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The following summaries of precedent-setting reparation decisions issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) are intended to help companies...

There are many reasons apples are one of the most widely consumed fruits in the world. Delicious in everything from...

The 2013 Mexican Fresh Tomato Suspension Agreement continues to provide for penalties against Mexican tomato growers and exporters (the “signatories”)...

Tense might be a good word to describe the transportation industry.  As carriers adjust to enforcement of the U.S. Federal...

Produce professionals across the country are turning to alternative energy—such as solar and wind power—as the answer to saving time,...

Geographically Speaking While you wouldn’t know it by the nip in the winter air, the city of Toronto is at...

Sometimes reinventing the wheel is a good thing, especially when it comes to fresh produce packaging. Imagine this packaging problem...

Hiring new carriers has become a major challenge for produce shippers and brokers. Putting the pieces together from diverse sources...

As far as grapes are concerned, California is the place to be. It claims the lion’s share of commercially grown...

Last year was a page-turner of seasonal weather events from frost, intense summer storms, a hurricane, and a blizzard that...

Motor City – Motown – The 313—no matter what you prefer to call the largest city in Michigan, one thing...

A quick Internet search of the phrase “If you’re not online…” produces results like “you don’t exist,” “you have no...

The most expansive province in Canada, Quebec’s fertile land stretches for nearly 600,000 square miles and encompasses more than eight...

During the cold depths of January, not much grows in the northeastern half of the United States except icicles and...

As businesses grow more dependent on technology, protection from malevolent and mechanical threats becomes a greater imperative. It is less...

Canada’s retail environment for produce is highly consolidated among a handful of supermarket and discount chains, and competition is fierce...

As most in the business know, there are striking similarities between the Canadian and U.S. produce industries, as well as...

Chicago’s history of blue collar, salt-of-the-earth immigrants building skyscrapers and ethnically-based neighborhoods with names like Bucktown, Old Town, and even...