Industry
Inc. magazine revealed that Tasteful Selections ranked No. 3644 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.
Bayer, in collaboration with Nature’s Reward and the United Fresh Start Foundation, is promoting a kid-friendly broccoli, just in time to celebrate National School Lunch Week, October 11-15.
The Packer’s Tom Karst spoke Oct. 12 with Teresa Thorne, the executive director of the Alliance for Food and Farming.
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) will be celebrating its 52nd Nogales Fresh Produce Convention and Golf Tournament from November 4th – 6th, 2021 in the historical town of Tubac, Arizona.
Episode 61 of the Tip of the Iceberg Podcast takes a turn toward a road less traveled and features a small farmer with a big digital presence: Liset Garcia of Sweet Girl Farms in Reedley, Calif.
The Senate passed a resolution recognizing October as California Farmer and Farmworker Month in perpetuity.
The third annual National Fruits & Veggies Month (NFVM) campaign from the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) has officially wrapped and like previous campaigns, saw sweet success.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit 2014 set records and drew praise from exhibitors and attendees for its global reach.
ATLANTA — Cathy Burns says the Produce Marketing Association’s recently announced alliance with the Entertainment Resource Marketing Association is another tool produce marketers can use to build consumer demand.
Washington, D.C.-based United Fresh Produce Association and Newark, Del.-based Produce Marketing Association are once again looking at the potential for a merger.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Shrugging off worries about the potential disruptive effects of Hurricane Matthew, the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit 2016 set a new East Coast attendance record.
The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation is improving school garden learning, nutrition education, and expanding equitable access to food with $3M in grants to 115 nonprofit organizations.
ATLANTA — Tim Youmans traveled more than 2,400-miles cross-country for the fresh produce industry’s biggest annual trade show and found it well worthwhile.
Instead of pining for the “good old days” before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cathy Burns invited the industry to a “new extraordinary” in her State of the Industry address at the PMA’s Fresh Summit.
PMA’s 2019 Fresh Summit was a record-breaker. The event hit all the right notes, drawing a record attendance of nearly 24,000 attendees Oct. 17-19, according to PMA, and featuring just more than 1,200 exhibitors.
Pulling in about 21,000 attendees from 60 countries, the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit in Orlando was another success. It won praise for its programming, buyer presence and expo traffic.
Industry leader of value-added beets, Love Beets USA, has today launched their new venture, Offshoot Brands.
Side Delights announces solutions for shoppers in response to post-pandemic spending and shopping trends.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an investment of more than $243 million in grants to support specialty crops.
Officers from the new association formed by PMA and United Fresh name-new industry leadership.
As a complementary philanthropic partner of the new International Fresh Produce Association, the Foundation for Fresh Produce will be launched with a vision to grow a healthier world.
The Southeast Produce Council has just announced a heroic lineup of speakers for upcoming Southern Exposure: The Marvel of Produce set to take place March 3-5, 2022.
The U.S. and European Union reached an agreement in late October to allow the resumption of duty-free European steel and aluminum into the U.S.
International Fresh Produce Association Co-CEOs Cathy Burns and Tom Stenzel were joined by industry leaders to share updates about the new produce and floral association.
Top leaders of the new International Fresh Produce Association convened in a video call with more than 20 members of the media to talk about the goals and mission of the new industry group.
Researchers have conducted significant research into the role of water in foodborne outbreaks, but the potential for dust particles to transfer pathogens onto produce has been largely overlooked.
The ‘USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced today an investment of over $50 million to 140 organizations and institutions that teach and train beginning farmers and ranchers.
Exporters and port officials met in Peru met to propose a series of actions to increase the efficiency of the competitiveness of the sector.
F&S Produce Co. has changed its name to F&S Fresh Foods in a rebrand that best represents the company’s capabilities and forward focus on fresh foods, not just fresh produce.
Agrology has introduced the first Predictive Agricultural System that is an effective, affordable, and easy-to-use way to predict and address a variety of critical farming challenges.