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Programs include a one-stop shop for agricultural employers and employees, as well as leadership and education opportunities in agriculture for New York youth.

Stop & Shop and Badger Technologies are partnering on a #MartyTheRobot special promotion at the National Retail Federation 2024 in support of the School Food Pantry Program at New York City-area schools.

The farm will grow hydroponic vegetables and herbs year-round and provide residents in the city access to fresh produce.

The USDA has filed an administrative complaint against Cantero Produce Corp. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

Among it's contributions to the event, the association will provide New York state-grown apples at the finish line, at several related events and to race volunteers.

Along with bright green skin and a quirky personality, Bob for Apples from New York is the anchor for NYAA News, a virtual news station for apple lovers everywhere.

The sanctions include barring the business and the principal operators of the business from engaging in Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

New York is the second-largest apple-producing state in the country, and it expects about 28 million bushels of apples this year.

Get ready for “The Big Flavor": New York Apple Association has new recipes and a new promotion strategy for the fast-approaching fall 2023 marketing season. Some apples are ready as early as August.

The state’s farmers market programs, including the newly Expanded FreshConnect Checks Program, aim to support access to fresh food.

Winter weather in northwestern New York state proved to be overall mild, which was followed with a cool spring that set up near ideal conditions for the start of the apple season, according United Apple Sales.

With optimism abound in orchards, the association is also highlighting its school initiatives and plans to aid retailers.

D’Arrigo is vice president of communications and marketing at D'Arrigo New York, which has been a partner to the nonprofit organization that distributes produce as a way to introduce healthy lifestyles to families.

If there was ever a short list for a city to host a pop-up produce dinner for 80 media and influencers, Manhattan would be near the top — if not No. 1, of course.

Customized growing strategies along with investment in new storage technologies have helped United Apple Sales to extend the season and enhance fruit quality, said Brett Baker, an owner of the company.

The group is launching a series of Snack Responsibly-themed ads through social media platforms.

Sales on SnapDragon this year were up 70% by Oct. 31 compared to last year, says owner and operator Alisha Albinder Camac.

NEW YORK — Check out who was at the Dec. 1 trade show in the heart of Manhattan and what they said.

Baldor Specialty Foods is not one to be left behind in trends.

NEW YORK — The aisles at the New York Produce Show Dec. 1 were packed with pedestrian traffic jams in some spots, but not at pre-pandemic cramped levels mirroring the city sidewalks during rush hour.

Just before Thanksgiving, Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, N.Y., distributed almost 30 million pounds of produce — on a single day.

The Bronx, N.Y.-based company has partnered with Farm to People, a New York City-based service for delivering local, sustainable and ethically sourced produce and pantry items to home cooks.

Hunts Point Produce Market stands to benefit from New York City Eric Adams' food-focused health initiatives as well as promising money-backed progression toward a much-needed market overhaul.

Registration is open for the Nov. 29-Dec. 2 show held in the heart of New York City.

Castleton, N.Y.-based Windy Hill Orchard has found the solution it needed for fruit preservation with Chicago-based Hazel Technologies.

Stronger-than-expected yields have been reported for New York’s apple harvest, according to Lyndonville, N.Y.-based United Apple Sales.

In a complaint filed on Sept. 30, 2019, the USDA alleged that New York Mart Group Inc. failed to make full payment promptly in the amount of $896,107 to 23 sellers for multiple lots of produce in violation of PACA.

NEW YORK — The market that supplies 25% of New York City’s fresh produce is getting another financial shot in the arm toward solving the challenge of redeveloping the hub’s outdated infrastructure.

New York-based vertical farming company Bowery has launched three new salad kits, expanding the company’s offerings beyond leafy greens, herbs, and two types of strawberries.

The USDA has imposed sanctions on Ayar Produce NY, Inc. (Ayar Produce), Brooklyn, N.Y., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

NEW YORK STATE — In the western part of the state, the lack of rain may be too lacking. But in the typically wet Finger Lakes farming region, Eric Hansen was happy with it.

The first easy peelers from Peru and Uruguay have already arrived and volume will be picking up slowly in the coming weeks as Chile and South Africa enter the summer citrus season, according to a news release.

Milton, N.Y.-based Hudson River Fruit Distributors, an East Coast apple supplier, has added a fourth-generation family member, Marcus Albinder, to its staff.

The New York apple crop outlook is positive in early May, and new technology in the fields is helping estimate its potential, one major shipper reports.

While New York alone can’t solve supply chain disruptions caused by global shipping delays, the state can adopt policies and make investments that help grow the local farm and food system, one expert said.

NEW YORK CITY — “It’s been two years since we’ve seen everybody,” said Benjamin Walker, senior vice president of sales, marketing and merchandising at Baldor Specialty Foods, Bronx, N.Y.

Inventive company House of Avocado (La Casa del Aguacate) will showcase its full line of products and regional supply model at the New York Produce Show, December 15th, in booth 569.

New York State on Dec. 10 announced the "topping off" ceremony of the New York State Regional Food Hub in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx.

It’s been the longest year ever for participants of the 2021 Eastern Produce Council Leadership Class, who will be honored at the Dec. 15 New York Produce Show keynote breakfast.

Produce with superpowers and disappearing packaging: Come be amazed at Arrowfarms' booth at the 2021 New York Produce Show, Dec. 12-16.

Every Body Eat nabbed the $1 million grand prize in the Grow-NY food innovation and agriculture technology business competition based in Syracuse, N.Y. Other startups shared the rest of the prizes, totaling $2 million.

It was 1986 when Myra Gordon started as a part-time executive assistant for the newly formed Hunts Point Terminal Produce Cooperative Association Inc.

Bronx, N.Y.-based Baldor Specialty Foods, which distributes throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, has promoted two executives as a way of streamlining the rollout of future initiatives.

It’s been a few months since the Boston Market Terminal closed for good, scattering companies to nearby warehouses, the neighboring New England Produce Center or to retirement.

New York City-based indoor grower Square Roots has launched two new salad mixes, entering the $8.1 billion-packaged salads and greens category.

At its newest expansion, Albion, N.Y.-based Intergrow Greenhouses has opened a 10-acre greenhouse, expected to produce more than 3 million pounds of fresh produce a year to serve the entire Eastern Seaboard. 

NEW YORK — New York City will be the first in the U.S. to require people to show proof of vaccination to dine indoors at restaurants. How will this mandate affect foodservice demand from the area's produce wholesalers?

Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Gotham Greens, which grows, packages and markets sustainable greenhouse-grown salad greens, herbs, dressings, dips and cooking sauces, is expanding its fresh foods line.

Bronx, N.Y.-based S. Katzman Produce honored the recipients of its 2021 Fifth Annual Scholarship Program at a celebratory dinner with the winners, their families and guests from the company.

The USDA announced that Family Fruit 2 Inc., satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $47,025 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.