Organic potato sales out of Wisconsin got an early booster shot from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, although sales later leveled off, suppliers said.
“When COVID started and the shutdown started, sales quadrupled and growers could barely keep up. So some finished up about two weeks earlier than normal,” said Dana Rady, director of promotion, communication and consumer education with the Antigo-based Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association.
The International Fresh Produce Association and The Foundation for Fresh Produce have launched “Fruits & Vegetables: All Day, Every Day,” a campaign aimed at closing the gap between knowing produce matters and actually eating more of it.
At the recent Washington Conference, panelist Rochelle Bohm of CMI Orchards warned the “exorbitant” fees associated with EPR compliance will quickly swallow up what little financial breathing room produce companies have left.
The Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act aims to redefine temporary labor, providing a potential lifeline to specialty crop sectors teetering on a workforce tipping point.
