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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will headline the fifth-annual Forbes AgTech Summit.
PISMO BEACH, Calif. — Value-added solutions that meet the needs of tomorrow’s consumers is one opportunity for fresh produce marketers.
Fresh-cut companies breaking out into the trend of microwaveable vegetable packs have a new option from Temkin International Inc.
Robinson Fresh is focusing on its network of service centers across the U.S. to help increase supply chain efficiency and bring customers fresher perishable shipments.
Catch up on produce companies involved in the California cherry deal.
Waukesha, Wis.-based KHS USA Inc. plans to purchase the assets of Fairfield, N.J., packaging equipment manufacturer Scandia Packaging Machinery Co.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Emerson’s GO NFC Logger and GO Real-Time CO2 Tracker attracted attention at Fresh Summit, says Matthew Neidlinger, director of produce management cargo solutions for the company.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Looking at lessons from other industries, a panel of experts addressed the Fresh Summit Forum for the Future session on the potential for technology to create opportunities for the fresh produce.
An indoor farm in Brooklyn, N.Y., wants to do its part to restore consumer confidence in greens.
Auburn Hills, Mich.-based SFL Companies has been named among the 2018 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers by the Food Logistics publication.
Drawing praise from some quarters and criticism from others, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has published the disclosure standard for bioengineered foods.
Slovenia-based NiceLabel has been named as one of the FL 100+, Food Logistics magazine’s annual list of the top 100-plus software and technology providers for the food and beverage industry.
Tefen, Israel-based StePac L.A. Ltd. has new packaging that promises better freshness and appearance for long-distance shipments of bulk blueberries.
Northwest cherry exporters hope trade negotiators quickly produce a key that will open up the Chinese market to their goods.
PISMO BEACH, Calif. — Cellresin Technologies will soon bring the same ripening inhibitor that apples and pears have benefited from for years to dozens of fresh fruits and vegetables.
San Jose, Calif.-based cybersecurity consulting firm ZAG Technical Services is reminding companies to plan to check their tech in light of the recent news of ransomware attacks on industry-leading ag companies.
Satellite imagery alongside ground measurements will be analyzed using the Agmatix platform to inform sustainable on-farm decisions.
Booth replaces co-founder Aidan Mouat, who had been CEO since 2015. Mouat remains in an advisory capacity for the Chicago-based company.
The Wenatchee, Wash.-based company aims to have the foundation and walls of the building complete by the end of August and have the line fully operational by 2024.
After conducting trials to support commercialization, Verdant Technologies is now partnering with SunFed to use Verdant’s HarvestHold Fresh technology to deliver fresh and greener cucumbers.
California-based agtech company BeeHero is launching a pollination insights platform that it says will give growers real-time pollination data and expand the largest dataset of bee activity, globally.
It was about 17 years ago that an Australian company, Drape Net, was formed by a third-generation orchardist to provide a solution to help growers protect their apple trees from hail damage.
Multigenerational Maine-based Ricker Hill Orchards is adding Hazel 100 shelf-life extension packets to its apples postharvest to reduce complexity and improve operations.
Amado, Ariz.-based Wholesum has launched its revamped website, wh.farm.
A researcher at the University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture has developed a potato plant that can detect gamma radiation.
The developer of mobile biochar production systems for commercial agriculture was one of three startups that pitched inventions in front of an audience of more than 300 fresh produce farmers and industry leaders.
The foreign material identification accuracy of Tomra Food’s sorting and grading solutions has won an International FoodTec Award.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers has added new capabilities in a new apple line packinghouse extension.
Two recent product launches by Tomra Solutions have shown how AI is changing food processing.
A research team at Penn State University looks to use real-time data and an unmanned vehicle to better target heat in orchards during freeze events.