Markets
This is one of the most fall activities you can do in the Northeast: Go apple picking, complete with hayrides and apple cider.
Fruit importer LGS Specialty Sales, New Rochelle, N.Y., is promoting growing regions around the globe with the Dish to Discovery program.
As details of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement became known, agricultural associations and produce industry groups have commented on the deal.
Wholesum Family Farms is expanding its greenhouse facilities in Sonora, Mexico, and Amado, Ariz.
The Wonderful Co. LLC experienced its best year ever in 2018 with dollar sales up 6% versus the previous year, said Charlotte Mostaed, director of marketing.
Potandon Produce has joined with a grower-shipper in the Vidalia, Ga., onion district to import Peruvian onions
NEW YORK CITY — E. Armata Fruit & Produce Inc. had to meet Hispanic demand by building up its tropical department, said company members during a visit with The Packer at Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx.
Bulk bins of pomegranates have been a popular offering from Simonian Fruit Co., Fowler, Calif., for quite a while, said Jeff Simonian, sales manager. But this year the company is adding more options.
Ceickor University, Querétaro, Mexico, has just graduated its first class of students
Bronx, N.Y.-based Trucco has opened its first wholly owned facility dedicated to kiwifruit in Vineland, N.J.
Check out some of the businesses, people and news you missed (or you saw yourself) at the 20th anniversary New England Produce Council’s Produce, Floral and Foodservice Expo in Boston.
The government of Italy has asked the U.S. to allow imports of artichokes from Sardinia, Italy.
Skyline Potato Co. is upgrading equipment with new electronics and sewing heads to help meet customer demand.
Pomegranate volume is expected to be down, but this year Trinity Fruit Co. Inc. sales are expected to increase.
Globalmex International Inc., has expanded its greenhouse acreage in Mexico by 20%
Bancroft, Wisc.-based RPE Inc. is set to reveal a new bite-sized potato to their Tasteful Selections product lineup.
Michael Browne, Calavo Growers’ vice president of fresh operations, plans to retire in mid-December.
Mexico and U.S. tomato leaders sparred Oct. 25 in testimony before the International Trade Commission that is likely to determine the fate of the new tomato suspension agreement.
Value-added sales are gaining traction for Coral Gables, Fla.-based Fresh Del Monte Produce.
Santa Paula, Calif.-based Limoneira Co. has a new consumer app called Nature’s Pharmacy.
Produce suppliers around the country have plans to help retailers grow sales through special packaging, consumer education and point-of-sale material.
A cool early growing season and late heat will reduce the supply of top grade Wisconsin cranberries this year, one marketer reports.
Los Angeles-based Joolies, an organic medjool date company, won the award for best first-time exhibitor at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
An earlier-maturing cripps pink cultivar, which is branded as Pink Lady. is delivering all the taste and color of cripps pink but with a little bigger time cushion before the threat of freeze temperatures.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Gotham Greens has proven its ambitions beyond “cute,” says Viraj Puri, co-founder and CEO of the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company.
When approved, the US-Japan Trade Agreement will deliver lower tariffs for U.S. citrus and other agricultural commodities.
The Mushroom Council, Redwood Shores, Calif., is investing $1.5 million in nutrition research to look into the health benefits of eating mushrooms.
Pumpkins can be carved into scary jack-o-lanterns this time of the year, but there’s something scarier when it comes to imported pumpkins: invasive species.
The New York Apple Association, Fishers, is again a sponsor of the TSC New York City Marathon, handing out more than 58,000 apples at the finish line.
A survey of about 200 U.S.-based registered dietitians by the Folsom, Calif.-based U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council reveals that 86% of those polled said they recommend blueberries frequently or always.