Organic fresh blueberry sales were off in March compared with a year ago, but increased volume and sales for conventional blueberries more than made up for the decline.
Members of the produce industry were happy to be together in person at the Texas International Produce Association’s Viva Fresh Expo, held on April 23 at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas.
GRAPEVINE, Texas – A new organic squash pallet display was highlighted by Mount Vernon, Wash.-based Bay Baby Produce at the Texas International Produce Association’s 2022 Viva Fresh Expo.
GRAPEVINE, Texas – With avocado prices running about double the same time last year, avocado marketers and buyers have to navigate tight availability this spring.
Produce firms in New Jersey, California and Washington were recently awarded Department of Defense contracts to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to troops, commissaries and schools.
The sky-high avocado market is putting stress on retail promotions of the fruit for the Cinco de Mayo celebrations, but increasing volume from Peru in June and later from Mexico may help supply better meet demand.
While produce prices cooled some, rising food costs in April continued to fan the flames of inflation, according to April’s consumer price index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
