Tom Karst

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Honeybear Brands is bringing back its “All the Feels” price look-up (PLUs) fruit stickers for a limited time this fall, says Kristi Harris, Honeybear Brands brand manager.
The Biden-Harris Administration is inviting interested stakeholders to virtually attend the Sept. 28 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.
Specialty crop growers have nearly doubled their participation in federal risk management programs over the past ten years, according to a new report from the USDA’s Economic Research Service.
If Florida citrus growers are forced by disease or other pressures to cut back acreage on their first love, what other crops can serve as alternatives?
In Greek mythology, Zeus condemned King Sisyphus to roll an immense rock up a hill, only to have that rock roll down on Sisyphus when he was nearly at the top.
A slight surplus of trucks was noted in late March in central and south Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
Inflation is resulting in higher dollar sales for fresh produce but lower volume moving through supermarkets.
The climate change struggle is real. More than one in four who voted in a recent poll I posted in the LinkedIn Fresh Produce Industry Discussion Group said climate change is the biggest long-term problem growers face.
The passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act in 2010 resulted in major updates in school meal nutrition standards that have translated to substantial gains in governmental fruit and vegetable purchases.
Still battling disease pressures, Florida citrus growers continue to cut their acreage, a new report shows.