Industry
The Prince Edward Island Potato Board is excited to share with potato farmers and industry partners the launch of a new podcast, Spudchat.
The Southeast Produce Council gave 53 scholarships for a total of $53,000 in 2021.
Lights, camera, action! On May 20, the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) hosted its first-ever Have A Plant® Media Meet Up with top-tier journalists and media professionals.
Washington state’s leading agricultural groups say Gov. Inslee has a double standard for farmers and their vaccinated workers.
The Fishers-based New York Apple Association is adding to its retail and foodservice team as it ramps up retail and foodservice promotional plans for this coming fall harvest.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has purchased fresh produce for distribution via food boxes through the Emergency Food Assistance Program and other domestic food assistant programs.
Severe pallet shortages are inflicting a widespread effect on the produce industry — including the availability of produce to consumers.
Take a glimps at photos from the 2021 West Coast Produce Expo.
The USDA is providing an additional 30 days for public comments on the notice for Supply Chains for the Production of Agricultural Commodities and Food Products.
With Memorial Day just around the corner and social restrictions opening up, shoppers are getting ready to relax and reunite.
RLS Logistics announced their new warehouse partner, RLS Complete, is set to open Q1 of 2022 in Sturbridge, MA. Tippmann Innovation (Ti) will be leading the cold storage warehouse construction.
The Eastern Cantaloupe Growers Association has announced the launch of its Flavor of Sunshine campaign to support the 2021 Eastern Cantaloupe season.
As we enter the 3rd week of May, Divine Flavor starts receiving its first shipments of grapes- officially kicking off of their Sonoran grape program for 2021.
The Four Seasons Family of Cos., Ephrata, Pa., has experienced consistent double-digit growth the past several years, and many of those customer partnerships are broadening.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Kendall Frozen Fruits Inc. (KFF), Newport Beach, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
In an amended complaint filed Jan. 19, the USDA alleged that North Pacific Canners and Packers Inc. Salem, Ore., failed to make full payment promptly to sellers of multiple lots of produce.
The Packer’s editors cover key topics of the week, from cherry season expectations to the West Coast Produce Expo to foodservice trends to the pallet shortage, in this episode of Packer Insight.
The Guatemalan Produce Trade Association’s website now showcases importer and member videos for retailers and foodservice to meet the importers and industry service providers.
Southeast Produce Council’s Executive Committee convened in early May and expressed full support of the recent merger between PMA and United Fresh, who will consolidate to create a new global trade association.
The U.S. Apple Association Board of Directors this week gave an enthusiastic go-ahead to hold the organization’s annual conference in-person this summer.
Bronx, N.Y.-based D’Arrigo New York acquired more facilities in South Bronx, part of its steady, incremental improvements for the last 73 years.
Reflecting decades of sustainable innovation, hand-crafted expertise and high-quality products, Tanimura & Antle is rolling out new consumer focused branding to support its premium Tanimura & Antle Artisan® Family.
From a vast array of plumcots and apriums, to a menagerie of melons, to a brigade of roots and radishes, there is no shortage of options in the world of specialty produce, and consumers are intrigued.
There are no antitrust regulatory hurdles remaining for the creation of a new company that will combine Total Produce plc and Dole Food Co.
Top produce industry executives will consider what the post-COVID-19 future holds in the United Fresh Produce Association’s Reimagine Conversations track Top-to-Top Retail-Foodservice Dialogues for Success.
There’s a reason avocado toast is so trendy. Check out the ways top avocado executives eat this fruit at home.
Summer fruit season is in full swing, but Stemilt is looking ahead to early August and a quick start to the new apple season with the return of Rave® brand MN55 cultivar apples.
United Fresh recently held the first session in its new education track featuring retail and foodservice industry leaders, and the discussion covered labor, forecasting, rising costs, packaging and more.
Marketing as the critical component to increased sales is the focus of an education and networking track of the United Fresh Produce Association’s 25-session Reimagine Conversations event.
The USDA’s June 4 announcement of a $1 billion infusion in The Emergency Food Assistance Program to support and expand the emergency food network met with a lukewarm response from the United Fresh Produce Association.