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Bard Valley Natural Delights date brand is starting its new season with distinctive green-tinged packaging, a sign of sustainability, with 7-UP, Perrier and Sprite bottles finding new life.
California nut, date and dried fruit crops all look healthy this year, with many categories experiencing sales boosts as a result of COVID-19 demand.
About 4.2 million people live and eat in the greater Montreal metro area, a population that growers, wholesalers, retailers, restaurants and marketers want to feed with their fresh produce as much as possible
The foodservice sector of the Greater Montreal produce industry held its collective breath for three months between March and June and has been trying to catch it ever since.
Tom Lange Co. is marking the 60th anniversary of its founding in St. Louis, Mo., this year.
The Equitable Food Initiative has hired Karla Cook as certification manager.
Florida’s fall crops may be safe from a devastating hurricane this year, although it’s been a pretty wet planting season with a pandemic that never seems to end and growing competition from imports.
The best way to predict how the produce market will be in the greater New York City area for the rest of fall and through winter is to accept that this could be the least predictable time ever.
Browse potato and onion business updated from companies such as Fresh Solution Network, Mack Farms, National Onion Association and more.
BRONX, N.Y. — “Good morning!” said Stefanie Katzman of S. Katzman Produce at Hunts Point Produce Market as she opened the door on a brisk October day.
Marketers say they are gearing up for promotable volumes of fruit from Chile for the upcoming winter months.
BRONX, N.Y.— Many Hunts Point produce companies still operating in today’s business climate are working more efficiently and with different types of customers and product sizes to survive — and sometimes thrive.
Florida citrus production is projected to be slightly lower this season than last, but high demand is expected throughout the season.
The domino effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the greater New York City area produce industry has eased a bit, but repercussions continue with foodservice and freight.
BRONX, N.Y. — Among the more than 30 firms at Hunts Point Produce Market, there’s always extra food for people who can’t afford it.
Take a look at these California desert vegetable industry business updates from Baloian Farms, North Shore Greenhouses, Petter Rabbit Farms and Ocean Mist Farms.
Avocado marketers anticipate the usual increase in demand next month leading up to the biggest guacamole consumption occasion of the year — the Super Bowl.
Shipments of Mexican produce to the U.S. increased at a double-digit rate in the second quarter this year.
While many have enjoyed these abnormally warm temperatures in February, it’s sparking fear among fruit farmers.
The high temperatures mean fruit trees are waking up early.
With year-round shipments of fruits and vegetables, Michigan is a fresh produce force in the U.S.
Almost 1,000 agriculture groups and companies are urging Congress to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, including dozens of specialty crop groups.
The New York Apple Association, Fishers, has received the Telly Award for a television commercial featuring the state’s apple growers.
Summer is here to stay, and the popularity of strawberries is at its annual peak.
NEW YORK — The Big Apple is about to get uglier.
A new normal is taking hold for importers of Mexican tomatoes.
China’s apple production was down sharply this season, but U.S. apple exporters couldn’t help fill the gap.
Duty-free access to the U.S. market is one factor in rising production and exports of South African citrus, according to a new report.
A new rootstock watermelon variety has shown resistance to Fusarium wilt and the southern root-knot nematode.
Anyone with an innovative food and agriculture startup business that can work for at least one year in upstate New York can compete in Grow-NY for a chance to win a $1 million top prize.