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2021 is a vintage year for Maine potatoes, industry leaders believe.
Designed for producers, wholesalers, and supermarkets, the Consentio digital ‘platform’ simplifies and accelerates sales, reduces costs and improves profits, according to a news release.
After helping to lead a heady period of robust growth for the organic industry, the Organic Trade Association’s CEO Laura Batcha has announced plans to step down from her role by the spring of 2022.
Late October rains in California brought some relief to the drought-stricken state but created little immediate concern for the balance of California’s grape harvest.
Inflation is still far from tamed, the newest data from the government show.
Western Growers Senior Vice President, Science De Ann Davis, PhD, will serve a second two-year term as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).
With reports of more than 600 people sickened and 120 hospitalized by salmonella infections, onions grown in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, were implicated in a recall announced by the FDA on Oct. 20.
Santa Paula, Calif.-based Calavo Growers announced the company will discontinue its Renaissance Food Group’s food processing operations at its Green Cove Springs, Fla., facility by mid-to-late November this year.
U.S. imports of fresh and frozen fruits rose by 11% in value from September 2020 through August 2021, newly released trade statistics show.
The United Fresh Produce Association has published its second-quarter 2021 FreshFacts on Retail report.