In this podcast episode, Advanced Agriscience's Collin Juurakko shares interesting discoveries he's made about how frost crystals form and how that lead to a potential solution for tree-fruit growers across the globe.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has set her sights on changing how the world produces and consumes food in order to counteract a trio of threats: carbon emissions, disease outbreaks and animal suffering.
With a high percentage of farmworkers vaccinated, Washington state agricultural groups are waiting on the state to update its costly COVID-19-related housing regulations.
The National FFA Organization announces it has named Scott Stump as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective Monday, June 21. Stump also takes the leadership role as CEO of the National FFA Foundation.
A White House listening session with vice president Kamala Harris focused on broadband connectivity. Missouri farmer Meagan Kaiser was one of six participants and spoke to the struggle for farmers and rural businesses.
The flip side to crazy freight rates is that Northeast customers may look more to Jersey Fresh produce this summer and fall rather than pay for a truck to come from the West, said New Jersey produce professionals.
Michael Swanson says it’ll take fleet turnover to bring great change to gasoline consumption, and he says two factors will drive that adoption—federal policy and battery technologies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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).
The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday it will start erasing an estimated $4 billion dollars in debt to minority farmers in June, as it seeks to address racial discrimination.
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 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.
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.
Do you ever feel overwhelmed, overloaded, scattered? Generally, pandemic or not, leaders feel at least a little bit this way all the time, explains leadership coach Marlene Eick. She says the question is, is this ok?
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. Department of Agriculture has purchased fresh produce for distribution via food boxes through the Emergency Food Assistance Program and other domestic food assistant programs.
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.
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.
With spring firmly settling in with longer, warmer days on the horizon, Leamington, Ontario-based greenhouse vegetable grower Pure Flavor® has released the second edition of its successful Live Deliciously eMagazine.
Hollay discusses the cost and availability issues around pallets due to the lumber shortage, and he recaps the conversations United has been having with companies and with government to try to help ease the situation.
Touching more than 30 commodities, the Got To Be NC initiative promotes North Carolina-grown fresh produce and other farm goods to buyers around the corner and across the ocean.
The California Fresh Fruit Association reacted to Governor Gavin Newsom’s “$100 Billion California Comeback Plan”, which will allocate a portion of funding to support the food and agricultural industry.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on May 13 that 2JM Produce LLC satisfied a $3,563 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
The USDA announced that Suncrest Produce Solutions satisfied a reparation order in the amount of $26,650 issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) involving unpaid produce transactions.
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.
Washington state’s leading agricultural groups are appealing to Gov. Inslee to repeal recently renewed Covid-19 emergency rules for farm workers using temporary housing.
Owatonna, Minn.-based Revol Greens is expanding its production capacity after selling out of its new organic spring mix, green and red duo and romaine crunch line, launched in the first quarter of 2021.
A New York leadership development program is accepting applications for its next class of leaders in the food, agriculture and natural resources sectors of the Northeast.