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The Pretty Lady Vineyards team will be featuring their premium California Table grapes at the revamped IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show in Orlando, Fla.
Big Chief Sunpie Barnes and Chief Zohar Isreal will be joining the I Love Produce team at its booth #1504 to help promote its annual OctGarlicFest Halloween promotion, the release stated.
As Canada’s second-largest producer of fruits and vegetables, the province of Quebec is home to 650 vegetable growers and more than 3,500 businesses devoted to fruit and vegetable production.
The USDA has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under PACA.
An extension of Potandon’s value-added microwavable line has arrived with the product name Minute Mashers with Gravy, says Dick Thomas, senior vice president of sales for Potandon Produce LLC, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Watsonville, Calif., - based Well-Pict tradeshow crew will be in Orlando for the IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show at the Orange County Convention Center, according to a news release.
With IFPA’s Global Show fast approaching, the Watsonville, Calif.-based company is eager to showcase its offering of high-quality strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries.
U.S. fresh produce imports showed big value increases for berries, avocados, grapes and citrus for the 12-month period from September 2021 through August 2022.
The most important aspect of selling lesser-known fruits and vegetables from around the world is information.
Chiquita is making its official return to the trade show floor through its participation in the International Fresh Produce Association’s Oct. 27-29 Global Product & Floral Show in Orlando, Fla., the company reports.
New York-based William H. Kopke Jr., Inc. and the founders of Vision Import Group LLC are entering into a new joint venture in which Kopke is the controlling member, according to a news release.
The Ontario-based greenhouse grower says its emphasis on driving innovation in new product development has led to the launch of two greenhouse-grown melon varieties in less than six months.
Braga Fresh will debut a line of vegetable roasting kits at the International Fresh Produce Association Global Produce and Floral Show.
Healthy Family Project’s annual Back-to-School campaign wrapped in early October with impressions topping 224 million and social media reach seeing more than 24 million impressions.
The table grape breeder has been working with Peruvian authorities to identify properties where there is unauthorized planting, cultivating or illegal collecting and selling of its protected table grape varieties.
Retail sales were on the rise during the spring holidays this year, according to a recap issued in October by the Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Hass Avocado Board.
Los Angeles-based ProducePay has released findings of a national survey that examined the day-to-day challenges of U.S. produce growers and buyers.
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has signed a cooperative agreement with California for more than $23 million to increase purchases of nutritious, local foods for school meal programs.
Bakersfield, Calif.-based Sun World International LLC has announced it has added three importers to its panel of North American licensees.
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences will build a 19,000-square-foot artificial intelligence (AI) hub at the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Balm, Fla.
McAllen, Texas-based Fox Packaging is celebrating its 60th anniversary serving the produce industry this year.
Oakes Farms Food and Distribution Services LLC, Naples, Fla., has been awarded a maximum $238.5 million federal contract to supply fresh fruit and vegetables to defense and school customers in Alabama.
The inaugural International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce and Floral Show was off to a high-energy start Oct. 27, as IFPA CEO Cathy Burns took the stage for a rousing state of the industry address.
Sun World has appointed Jennifer Petersen as its new executive vice president and chief science officer. Petersen will oversee activities pertaining to breeding, variety development, genetics and related technologies.
SunFed is a distributor of Mexican grown produce in operation since 1994. The company currently works with over 20 different ranches located throughout Mexico.
While import value of Mexican tomatoes showed no increase, the value of Mexican produce shipments to the U.S. increased at a rapid clip for multiple commodities in the most recent 12-month period, USDA statistics show.
Supply chain disruptions this year are bringing challenges never seen in at least a generation, said Larry Davidson, CEO of North American Produce Buyers Ltd., Toronto, Ontario.
Being a family-run business has helped keep Toronto-based J.E. Russell Produce Ltd. focused on service.
The Giumarra Companies announced the centennial anniversary of its wholesale produce business. The company’s operation was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1922 by Giuseppe “Joe” Giumarra and his brothers.
Chile doubles volume to the U.S. and implements enhanced marketing campaign.