摘要：My speech focuses on research findings from a recently released Economic Research Service(ERS) study I co-coordinated with Linda Calvin of ERS, entitled "U.S. Fresh Fruit andVegetable Marketing: Emerging Trade Practices, Trends, and Issues."1This study is one of threeundertaken by ERS to assess the changing nature of the relationship between fresh fruit andvegetable shippers and food retailers, and the implications for competitive behavior. The studypresented today was designed to identify and characterize the types of trade practices used in theproduce industry, including fees and services provided by shippers, contracts, and othermarketing strategies. The study responded to the growing national attention and interest in freshproduce trade practices.
