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CONTENTS
COLUMNS
The Process
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PMMI
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United Fresh
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DEPARTMENTS
The Pulse
26
Calendar
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Advertiser Index
27
What's on the Web
27
FEATURES
ON THE COVER
We take a look at food trends in 2021, including
items like fermented cabbage, hot peppers and
produce as snack food. See Pages 6 and 20.
Photos: GLK Foods and Wise Goat Organics.
6
Food Trends
Pandemic sent consumers to old standbys
in 2020, but healthy and spicy figure to
be trends this year
10
Addressing E. coli
outbreaks in leafy greens
Government initiatives and equipment
manufacturers aim to eliminate harmful
bacteria that cause foodborne illnesses
13
The lettuce journey
What it takes to keep leafy greens
healthy and fresh from farm to fork
15
Proactive on food safety
Produce industry taking aggressive
approach on addressing concerns
18
Produce-based snack
foods on the rise
Fruit-, veggie- and legume-based
products expected to lead $16-billion
snack industry increase
20
Futuristic tour
Syngenta shows off next-generation
breeding facility
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20
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