Industry
24all Inc., Gran Terra Distributors Inc., McGregors Garden, Nason Huaye Trading Inc., and On Time Fresh are new companies to the Market. Pinner Creek Organics, Prometo Produce Corp and other firms have updates.
With a considerable focus on agriculture, the National Council for Science and the Environment has published a comprehensive review of climate science research in selected public universities.
Cashe Produce LLC, Gold Star Fruit, Reiffs Veg Farm, Stouts Valley 4B Farm, and SW Horticulture are new companies to the Market. Blanca Potato LLC, Devik International Inc., M & B Wholesale LLC and others have updates.
Grubhub has released its Taste of 2019 Year in Food report detailing food trends, consumer facts, state statistics and more.
Aucilla River Citrus LLC, Levi Newswanger, Quickpay Funding LLC, Sundial Foods LLC and Tretos Inc. are new companies to the Market. Cache Produce LLC, Delta Fresh Sales LLC, Hillside Farms and others have updates.
Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers praised the Japanese Diet’s approval of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement and urged the U.S. to address additional barriers to trade with Japan.
The topic of plastic in produce packaging has been addressed in a big way by the Canadian Produce Marketing Association.
E-Fresh Food Ltd., Lehman Farms, Meadow View Farm, Moses B Zook and Noah M Wengerd are new companies to the Market. Alma Pak Inc., Gadsden Tomato Co Inc., Lardie Orchards and other have updates.
The United Fresh Produce Association has expanded the Partner X-Change matchmaking sessions between companies at its annual show.
Aztec Imports Inc. and Les Entrepots Fruigor Jo Ka Inc. have been Endorsed. Daylight Produce Inc., Johnny’s Produce LLC and Manuel Villa Enterprises Inc. are new companies to the Market. Plus many updates.
Oakes Farms Food & Distribution Services LLC has been Endorsed. Crown City Trading LLC, United Against Poverty, UP Orlando, and V&R Products Inc. are new companies to the Market. JP Produce Inc. and others have updates.
LAS VEGAS — Election-year politics will present a big challenge to reform efforts for H-2A regulations, but growers must be prepared to lobby for changes in the increasingly important farm labor program.
Texas Customs and Border Protection agents recently found nine people being smuggled into the U.S. in a shipment of fresh produce.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reinstated Epic Fresh Produce LLC’s ability to operate in the fresh produce industry.
Epic Fresh Produce LLC has satisfied its PACA reparation order. Farmer Sarges Sweet Corn Fruits & Vegetables is a new company to the Market. Always Fresh Farms, LLC, Hood River Cherry Company and others have updates.
In the kitchen, you’re probably always looking for new ways to mix up the usuals.
Day’s Family Market, F.A.K. Logistics, Inc., and West Side Marketplace are new companies to the Market. Atlas Produce & Distribution Inc., Bruce Sweet Potato Inc. Little River Produce and others have updates.
Advance Transportation Systems, Inc. is a new company to the Market. Agro Merchants Group, Bay Valley Foods LLC, California Fresh Fruit Association, Crown Pacific International LLC, Organicos and others have updates.
Pacific Mercantile Co., R&G Brothers Transportation, Samara Produce LLC, and Tian Shi Corporation are new companies to the Market. A Plus Vegetable, Brantley Farms, Terra Bella Greenhouses Inc. and other have updates.
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. post bond for PACA license. Latinotrading LLC & Morita Produce Co. have sanctions imposed by USDA. Jupiter Group, and Trinity Manufacturing Inc. are new companies to the Market, plus updates.
A week of California town hall events and member visits by United Fresh Produce Association executive staff in early March will wrap up with a networking reception in San Diego.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Bain Distributors Inc. for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has dropped several members of the industry from a Perishables Agricultural Commodities Act against Adams Produce Co. LLC.
With the uncertainty of the effects of COVID-19 on business, any company selling produce should not extend payment terms past 30 days, thereby waiving protections under the PACA Trust, according to United Fresh.
Nebo Market and Pines Market are new companies to the Market. Alida’s Fruits, Berg Harvest LLC, J R Simplot Co., Kiowa Valley Organics Inc dba Golden West Farms, Orchard View Cherries and others have updates.
The 2020 Canadian Produce Marketing Association convention and trade show is canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Intralox is a new company to the Market. Epic Fresh Produce LLC, Harold Quebedeaux Produce Inc., Mandujano Brothers, Maris Farms, Nino Salvaggio Fruit & Vegetable Market Inc., S C Fresh and others have updates.
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide targeted assistance for the specialty crop industry because of losses resulting from the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
The Produce Marketing Association will hold a “virtual” town hall meeting on March 25 discussing the industry’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
By April and May, the logistics of transporting fresh fruit and vegetables will be in jeopardy from the COVID-19 pandemic more than the production of fresh produce, according to the United Nations.