Editing Produce (section)

{{Short description|Group of farm-produced crops and goods}}
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[[File:La Boqueria.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Produce on display at [[La Boqueria]] market in [[Barcelona]], Spain]]

In [[American English]], '''produce''' generally refers to [[wikt:fresh|fresh]] [[List of culinary fruits|fruits]] and [[Vegetable|vegetables]] intended to be [[Eating|eaten]] by humans, although other [[food]] products such as [[Dairy product|dairy products]] or [[Nut (food)|nuts]] are sometimes included.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-02 |title=produce, noun |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/produce |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |language=en |quote=2: agricultural products and especially fresh fruits and vegetables as distinguished from grain and other staple crops}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-27 |title=Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/11/27/2015-28159/standards-for-the-growing-harvesting-packing-and-holding-of-produce-for-human-consumption#h-3 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Federal Register |language=en |quote=the Food and Drug Administration...is establishing science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce, meaning fruits and vegetables grown for human consumption.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=produce |url=https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/produce |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=[[Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English]] |quote=food or other things that have been grown or produced on a farm to be sold}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=produce, noun |url=https://www.oed.com/dictionary/produce_n |url-access=subscription |website=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |quote=4. Agricultural and natural products collectively, as opposed to manufactured goods.}}</ref>

In [[supermarket]]s, the term is also used to refer to the section of the store where fruit and vegetables are kept. ''Produce'' is the main product sold by [[greengrocer]]s (UK, Australia) and [[farmers' market]]s. The term is widely and commonly used in the U.S. and Canada, but is not typically used outside the [[agricultural sector]] in other [[English-speaking countries]].