Here are more images from The Packer’s Global Organic Produce Expo 2022 event in Hollywood, Fla., collected by Tom Karst, editor emeritus for The Packer.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - While growth in organic produce has been steadily climbing for decades, panelists at The Packer’s 2022 Global Organic Produce Expo said that progress can’t be taken for granted.
While import value of Mexican tomatoes showed no increase, the value of Mexican produce shipments to the U.S. increased at a rapid clip for multiple commodities in the most recent 12-month period, USDA statistics show.
U.S. apple growers have suffered big drops in export sales to Southeast Asia, and retaliatory tariffs imposed by China on U.S. apples in 2018 are the reason why.
