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Take a look at what drives these producers and the strategic vision for the future that guides their growth as well as the growth of the industry.
Fresh Del Monte is warning such a shortage is on the horizon, with shifting climate patterns and disease pressures resulting in diminished supplies in key growing regions like Costa Rica, where production is down 23%.
Bjorn’s insights from the Wall Street Journal’s Global Food Forum detail how the company leverages premium genetics, navigates labor and trade challenges and responds to the shifting consumer to drive the category.
The state’s ascent to the world’s fourth-largest economy is powered in no small part by its $59 billion agriculture sector, which dominates national production and global exports of key commodities.
The Packer’s annual survey examines strong shopper sentiment for spending on local and specialty produce items — and whether their actions reflect that desire.
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Spurred by lower shipping point prices, total U.S. grape shipments were significantly higher in late August than year-ago levels.
The Cosmic Crisp brand has teamed up with baker and author Erin McDowell, with food enthusiasts encouraged to submit recipes featuring the apple as a star ingredient.
The soccer tournament provided workers an opportunity to connect, share experiences and celebrate their contributions to Ontario’s greenhouse vegetable industry, said Richard Lee of Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers.
FMI President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin said the strike is “compounding the horrific situation in the Southeastern United States resulting from Hurricane Helene, and parties need to return to the negotiating table.”
Better Earth said the move bolsters efforts to provide seamless, tech-driven solutions that divert food packaging waste from landfills, improve compliance with solid waste regulations and meet local sustainability goals.
The company said it has 5,000-plus farmed acres of organic medjool dates and a 500,000-square-foot processing footprint.
Smart Packaging Industries AS and Royal NNZ Group BV say the partnership will result in packaging products that meet the increasing demands for quality, durability and environmental friendliness.
The foundation plans to leverage its Have A Plant consumer campaign to educate and inspire dietitians during multiple exclusive invitation-only events, as well as through its exhibitor booth on the trade show floor.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association and the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada will host their Fall Harvest advocacy event to discuss critical issues with parliamentarians and other key government officials.
The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance is among those encouraging lawmakers to protect farm bill investments in specialty crops.
Four Peck’s Markets have joined the member-owned grocery cooperative through their parent company, PSK Supermarkets.
The Ontario-based greenhouse grower says it’s continuing its “steady pressure of innovation” in the tomato category with the launch of three high-quality and flavorful items designed to amplify consumers’ cooking and snacking.
The company says it will bring its produce inventory management and ordering tools to Queen’s Price Chopper, Ray’s Apple Market, and Pruett’s Foods stores.
This year’s Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure, which featured a “Produce: The Final Frontier” theme, was held March 2-4 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla.
Equitable Food Initiative is encouraging every consumer to celebrate National Farmworker Awareness Week, March 25-31, by sharing the messaging and graphics available through its communications toolkit.
The USDA has filed an administrative complaint against James Corrado Inc., doing business as Corrado Specialty Goods and Corrado’s Wine Grapes Inc. (Corrado), for alleged violations of PACA.
Podcast host and mom Lori Taylor is celebrating women across the fresh produce industry in a month-long showcase of women leaders.
Higher interest rates and questions about the growth of U.S. agricultural exports are worrying farmers, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
Afresh Technologies, a San Francisco-based fresh food technology company, has expanded its flagship, built-for-fresh solution from produce into other fresh departments including meat, seafood, deli and foodservice.
The National Council of Agricultural Employers said the new regulation would inject additional new wage rates into the program disconnected from agriculture to compensate some workers for routine on-farm chores.
Grown using 99% less land, 99% less water, 99% less fertilizer, no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides, UP Vertical Farms is fully automated from seeding through to harvest.
Eligible hass avocado producers and importers can nominate themselves or others until March 31. Appointees will serve a three-year term on the board from Nov. 1, 2023, to Oct. 31, 2026.
Pure Flavor is celebrating the flavor, nutrition and fun of healthy snacking with a week-long “Snackathon” campaign leading up to National Snack Day on March 4.
The Summer Swell tomato will be distributed through New York City-based produce wholesaler distributor S. Katzman Produce and available at grocery stores in the New York metropolitan area beginning April 2023.
The second annual South American Blueberry Convention will be held at the Monticello Conference Center in San Francisco de Mostazal, Chile, on April 18.
Mastronardi Produce is distributing Naples Fresh and Spring Born greenhouse-grown leafy greens under the Backyard Farms brand.
The Little Potato Co. has unveiled a new brand look and feel.
National Watermelon Promotion Board recently partnered with Nutrition Impact LLC on a research project to determine the relationship between intake of watermelon and diet quality in children and adults.
The recent promotional campaign raised thousands to support community organizations, pushing G&R Farms fundraising total over $120,000 for the 2022 fiscal year.