There is not enough fruit and vegetable production to feed the world at recommended serving levels, and that scenario will get worse instead of better in the next 30 years.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Apple Association’s 2019 Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference in Chicago.
Coral Gables, Fla.-based Del Monte Fresh Produce will showcase Del Monte’s new film-sealed fruit cups at the July 26-27 Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference and Expo in Monterey, Calif.
(UPDATED, July 24) By a narrow majority, fresh and frozen mango handlers and importers have voted in favor of an amendment to add frozen mangoes to the national research and promotion program.
The Packer’s 125th-anniversary edition is coming out later this year, and it has been fun collecting material for that publication and publishing articles from past anniversary editions.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is removing seven voluntary U.S. grade standards and one consumer standard for fresh fruits and vegetables from the Code of Federal Regulations.
Tonya Antle’s retail panel at the Organic Produce Summit had a lot of great content in less than 30 minutes. Not all of it fit into the coverage I had from the show.
Billed as the Erin Brockovich of food, Robyn O’Brien delivered a keynote address at the 2019 Organic Produce Summit that recalled Brockovich’s reforming passion.
