When Milton, N.Y.-based Hudson River Fruit Distributors kicks off its new season in August, it will mark the 60th year the company has been shipping apples to retailers and some foodservice establishments.

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.

That hodgepodge of fixtures collecting dust in storage can be a merchandising vault that can help reset a produce department, says columnist Armand Lobato.

Forty-four percent of consumers polled by The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 said they were buying more locally grown produce than a year ago.

The Soledad, Calif.-based company will debut five SKUs under the Josie’s Organics brand at the 2023 OPS in Monterey, Calif.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack praised the confirmation of Xochitl Torres Small as Deputy Secretary of the USDA.