The Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission, Mississippi Sweet Potato Council and North Carolina SweetPotato Commission share updates on upcoming initiatives and events.
Carrots are in full swing in Colorado, some onions will start shipping in mid-September and Palisade peaches are winding down for the season, grower-shippers say.
Whether it’s accommodating suggestions from customers or following through with their own initiatives, onion grower-shippers in East Oregon and Idaho say they take sustainability seriously.
Business seems to be going strong for most produce distributors in the Boston area this summer. See what they say is likely to happen as a new season approaches.
Inflation has been a challenge for East Oregon and Idaho onion grower-shippers, but they say rising supermarket prices haven’t affected sales of their product.
Troublesome springtime weather gave way to much-improved conditions during the early summer, enabling a good, on-time start to the East Oregon-Idaho onion harvest, grower-shippers said.
It was about 17 years ago that an Australian company, Drape Net, was formed by a third-generation orchardist to provide a solution to help growers protect their apple trees from hail damage.
Retailers and apple growers increasingly are turning to branded apples — also known as managed or club varieties — to offer consumers what they consider to be a superior eating experience.
