Researchers at Penn State University discovered a new strain of blackleg, also known as soft rot, in potatoes sampled in the state. Blackleg can lead to significant loses for farmers.
With a large crop in apple-producing states, like Pennsylvania, marketers say there is a need to boost consumption. "That will take some time and some effort," said Chris Sandwick of Hess Bros. Fruit., Lancaster, Pa.
The new variety is typically sold from January through June; however, this year’s supply is projected to sell out early due to a rapid rise in popularity.
While the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market can trace its roots back hundreds of years, it has operated from its current location, which it says is the largest refrigerated building in the world, since 2011.
The 115-year-old, family-owned company, M. Levin and Co., is a ripener-distributor for bananas. It also offers a wide range of tropical items, including mangoes, dragon fruit and passion fruit.
The 124,000-square-foot facility will service a greater number of customers in Philadelphia and, for the first time in its history, in southern New Jersey.
The education sessions at the February 2021 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention were so well-attended that in some cases, attendance was like the in-person sessions of previous years.
Introducing fresh produce to young school children benefits growers, retailers, children and their families — and programs that do this work have struggled to continue this mission while schooling was remote-based.
The Four Seasons Family of Cos., Ephrata, Pa., has experienced consistent double-digit growth the past several years, and many of those customer partnerships are broadening.
A new PhilaPort distribution center will add more than 200,000 square feet of flexible, food-grade storage within one mile of the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal.
During the virtual Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, Annie Miller noticed her young neighbors had food delivered daily amid the winter snowfall in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
The Pennsylvania mushroom industry won a grant from Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration to study how to better use the spent compost from growing mushrooms.
Worker safety continues to be the top focus as the packing and shipping of early-ripening Premier Honeycrisp apples is gearing up at Gardners, Pa.-based Rice Fruit Co.
Phillips Mushroom Farms, Kennett Square, Pa., has updated the packaging for its popular Gourmet Blend, which contains baby bella, oyster and shiitake mushrooms, said Sean Steller, director of business development.
Following the debut of a new logo and mission statement in 2019 — marking 100 years in business — wholesaler and distributor John Vena Inc., Philadelphia, has a redesigned website with a host of new features.
BrightFarms opened is largest operation recently, kicking off the first harvest of a 280,000-square-foot facility in Selinsgrove, Pa., with a capacity of two million pounds of fresh produce annually.
Boise has the Idaho Potato Drop, Vincennes, Ind., has a watermelon drop, Kennett Square, Pa., drops a giant mushroom and now Yuma, Ariz., has a unique way to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
PA Veggies has launched four news directories as an enhancement to the available listing at paveggies.org to service farmers, consumers and wholesale buyers.
By late September, PA Veggies, the Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program, will debut a new directory that services farmers, consumers and wholesale buyers in a new way.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding visited Buffalo Valley Produce Auction in Mifflinburg, Pa., to present the governor’s Pennsylvania Produce Month proclamation to auction manager Neil Courtney.
Procacci Holdings LLC’s Garden State Farms at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market has expanded with the purchase of a neighbor at the facility, A. Vassallo Inc.
Even after President Trump announced Jan. 25 a three-week reprieve from the partial government shutdown, M. Levin and Company Inc. is will offer free fresh produce to affected government employees.