University of California-Davis researchers tested a Hazel Technologies product designed to slow the ripening of apricots and found it improved the shelf life of the fruit.
San Jose, Calif.-based Zest Labs reports that Castroville, Calif.-based Ocean Mist Farms is utilizing Zest Fresh to automate data collection on the condition of its produce.
A 71.6-acre glass greenhouse for growing Backyard Farms brand tomatoes is coming to New York, courtesy of Mastronardi Produce Ltd., Kingsville, Ontario, Canada.
Apeel Sciences has hired Nick Fitzpatrick as vice president of supplier relations, where he will be the liaison between the company and growers as the company expands its reach outside the U.S.
Indoor growers say their romaine should have been excluded from the FDA’s temporary blanket ban — although they agree consumer safety should always come first.
There is nothing like the fresh produce industry where we constantly deal with volatile markets, weather affecting crops, and labor issues, among many other areas across our supply chain.
As consolidation in the U.S. cold storage industry continues, the amount of space available for the fresh produce supply chain and other refrigerated goods continues to grow.
LAS VEGAS — Retailers and consumer packaged goods companies have been making major investments to be relevant in the increasingly important online space, and new event Groceryshop showed how they are doing it.
Researchers from Brazil, the U.S. and Germany have created a new crop from a wild plant within a single generation using CRISPR-Cas9, a modern genome editing process.
Chiquita Brands International, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is reducing energy consumption with improvements in design an operating efficiency of containers used to ship bananas to ports.
