Over the past decade, there have been significant advancements to create a more proactive, preventative approach to food safety under the Food Safety Modernization Act.

The produce department of tomorrow may not be one.

A simple question for retailers as we near the end of November: Do you know what your shoppers are doing for the holidays this year?

The future food choices of consumers are difficult enough to predict based on their past behavior.

I’m decidedly pro-sprouts. I’ve just never seen them on the Thanksgiving table.

Everyone has a job, and yet ... produce people sometimes spend too much time in a checkstand.

Do U.S. buyers and consumers need to show more love and loyalty to U.S. produce?

Your money is invested in food politics whether you like it or not, so I encourage you to put your mouth where your money is and get involved.

Thanksgiving can catch produce managers off guard, especially after a relatively slow six weeks or so leading up to the holiday.

Twenty-four-thousand of us were recently in Anaheim for PMA’s Fresh Summit. How many times did a question like “How’s the show going?” get asked?

This column first appeared nearly seven years ago after one of my less successful attempts to expand my culinary repertoire and be creative with fresh produce.

Eighty percent of a produce supervisor’s time is typically spent with 20% of the produce managers.

There’s plenty of research to show that parents and kids will make the right choices if we make healthy eating easy and attractive.

“Thanks again for a great evening, and good night.”

Take this short quiz to find out which produce Halloween costume you are.

How can the industry better streamline the expo experience for attendees?

The evidence shows that millions of kids are making new choices for fresh fruits and vegetables, but sometimes a single kid makes it all real.

Depending on where you live, you may think of fall as a time of culinary abundance.

Greek philosopher Heraclitus is credited with saying that “Change is the only constant in life.” Today we’ve streamlined it to “the only constant is change.” The saying certainly fits the produce business.

We turn to the reader’s forum this week, where this question was recently presented: How long should a produce assistant serve in that position before they’re ready to get promoted to produce manager?