Growing in multiple locations requires good relationships and communication at the grower level for Coastline Family Farms, even though the company mostly grows and markets its own produce.
The Packer’s 13th annual Women in Produce issue honors eight industry leaders, like Lauren Sweeney, who play pivotal roles in the success of their own organizations, as well as the produce industry.
The Gilroy Garlic Festival is moving away from hosting a large fair to focusing on local and spreading the celebration into multiple events throughout the year.
As an ode to the past 10 years, the California Avocado Commission enlisted chef Nyesha Arrington to create two seasonal recipes that prominently feature the fruit.
The second of two educational sessions devoted to controlled environment agriculture at the Organic Produce Summit 2022 will explore how growers and consumers view the segment.
The Packer’s 13th annual Women in Produce issue honors eight industry leaders, like Amanda Keefer, who play pivotal roles in the success of their own organizations, as well as the produce industry as a whole.
In the face of global challenges the past two years, the San Antonio Produce Market is seeing business activity as a good sign that things are changing. At the same time, wholesalers face ongoing and new challenges.
Fresh Farms hired John Senn as a sales associate. Senn will be working in the Kingsburg, Calif. office, and represent the company’s grape, vegetable and melon categories.
The California ag industry has lost $2.1 billion in exports between May and September 2021, a letter to 13 major shipping carriers from two California Senators said. It urged these companies to ship stalled products.
The global ag robot market is set to explode over the next eight years. Many factors are contributing to the expected growth of the market, including government subsidies, labor pressure and other drivers.
Accelerating the adoption of regenerative agriculture through automation, Bolthouse Farms is beginning to adopt regenerative practices on its farms with autonomous tractors.
Naio Technologies Orio was demonstrated at the launch of Fira U.S.A. in Fresno, Calif. in early April. The ag robotics competition will be held in Fresno Oct. 18 – 20, 2022.
The Grower-Shipper Association of Central California recently appointed Victor Ramirez of NorCal Harvesting as its new vice-chair and Greg Beach of Steinbeck Country Produce as its secretary.
California Giant Berry Farms is forecasting large volumes of organic and conventionally grown strawberries in May. The company said its grower partners are on track to deliver peak promotable volumes of strawberries.
Ten Acre Marketing hired marketing veteran Angela Sommers. Most recently, Angela was the director of marketing and communications for BelleHarvest, where she led marketing efforts for the sales organization.
It’s been said that potatoes and onions are the nuts and bolts of the produce department. Looking at prices at Walmart, these two core commodities have seen price spikes from mid-January to mid-April.
For Ocean Mist Farms CEO Chris Drew, the key to the company's success is telling the brand story every day. The story has to be told to retailers and internally.
About 6 million Southern California residents near Los Angeles must restrict outdoor watering to one day a week, starting June 1. The unprecedented action was unanimously adopted by the Metropolitan Water District.
The disruptions created by COVID still linger. There’s hope though things will get better in 2022. Labor, transportation, the California drought and crop diseases weigh on their minds.
Fires are burning across the drought-stricken Southern plains. Several states are in extreme or exceptional drought. The elevated fire risk is expected to persist through spring.
Shoppers in Arizona have a new option for purchasing groceries. Individuals who use an EBT SNAP card to grocery shop can now apply their benefits to purchase groceries online from Bashas’ grocery stores.
