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Pure Green Farms, South Bend, Ind., has launched its website the first week of February to highlight the farm’s technology, growing practices and products.
For home delivery, Baldor Specialty Foods, Bronx, N.Y., has created a Peak Season Box of fresh fruits and vegetables in their prime time.
Hosted by the Texas International Produce Association, the 2021 Viva Fresh Expo is right around the corner with both in-person and digital elements.
Another Congress, another attempt at immigration reform.
During a Feb. 24 hearing of the Mexican Supreme Court, the justice who authored the draft ruling overturning a ban on the importation of U.S. fresh potatoes asked the court to postpone a vote.
PMA has announced that Fresh Summit 2021 will take place, in-person, October 28-30, 2021 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
With mid-month freezing cold and extensive crop damage, Texas growers had a rough February.
The Viva Fresh Open is back. Last year, the golf event did not occur as the world coped with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beachside Produce and Total Quality Logistics (TQL) Transportation are partnering to donate and deliver 40,000 pounds of fresh vegetables to the Central Texas Food Bank in Austin, Texas next week.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service will host a webinar on March 3 to highlight procedures for filing imports entering the U.S.
T&G Global today announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2020, which show the Group delivered strong growth in a year of uncertainty.
Tom Karst, Ashley Nickle and Amy Sowder discuss some of the top stories of the week, from immigration reform to PBH’s new State of the Plate report to new numbers on satisfaction with online grocery shopping.
The Packer’s Northeast editor, Amy Sowder, goes on a virtual tour with Marc Oshima, cofounder and chief marketing officer of Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms at one of their largest U.S. commercial indoor, vertical farms.
The USDA is warning vendors who wish to participate in USDA food purchase programs of a possible phishing scheme that uses emails portraying Agricultural Marketing Service solicitations for bids.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct a referendum April 12-30 for Irish potato producers in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon, to vote on whether to continue their federal marketing order.
Covid-19, sustainability and value-added efforts have changed the way the packaging industry operates. Take a look at what these companies are doing to advance business.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working with federal partners to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Don’t miss this week’s produce marketing news all in one place. Catch up on everything from new products and packaging design to marketing campaigns and more.
United Fresh Produce Association has developed a six-part webinar series designed to inform companies of the regulatory issues affecting international trade of produce products imported into and exported from the U.S.
Marketing will no longer exist in a decade, said Duncan Wardle in a TED Talk. It will be replaced by the experience economy.
SEPC’s Episode XVIII conference is one of the first major in-person produce conferences since the COVID-19 pandemic Dark Side spread its evil across the galaxy — or around the world, at least.
Besides a great location, seeing familiar and new faces and gaining new business, conference attendees want to be entertained and educated.
These social media posts from the produce industry tapped us on the shoulder and said, “Hey, look at me.”
The Fruits from Chile Facebook page recently reached a new milestone, surpassing one million fans.
West Coast Produce Expo 2021 is Tuesday May 18 – Wednesday May 19 at Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa, Las Vegas, NV.
Big interest in the Viva Fresh Golf Open has spurred the Texas International Produce Association to add a second-course option to accommodate expo attendees.
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Here’s a conversation on why we write about the “Dirty Dozen,” why EWG’s messaging is damaging, and how produce companies can start sapping the power of this polarizing list by communicating their responsible practices.
Pear Bureau Northwest is pleased to announce the first winner of one of our grand prize drawings of a $500 GIFT CARD.
The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is making available a web seminar about farmworker vaccinations.