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California pear growers are expected to begin harvest in the River growing district July 15 with bartlett and red bartlett being the first varieties to harvest this year.
Standards organization reflects on the 50th anniversary of the first UPC scan and looks to the future of scanning and data in retail.
Los Angeles-based Giumarra Cos. says it is expanding its organic avocado program tailored for grocery retailers and foodservice operators.
Envy apples are transitioning to new-season fresh imports, primarily from New Zealand, over the coming weeks.
As ag operations continue to embrace artificial intelligence, growers, packers and shippers are joining other business-to-business entities seeking practical starting points for entry into the AI domain.
Danielle Downey, executive director of the nonprofit Project Apis m., talks about hive growth in the news, challenges still facing the honey bee industry and the critical role honey bees play in food production.
As the summer season hits, marketers of specialty produce in the Los Angeles area say sales remain strong, and at least one distributor is going beyond product sales to focus on additional support services.
An organic industry watchdog has released a white paper outlining how what it describes as uninspected organic imports have driven U.S. farmers out of lucrative markets.
The company says its third greenhouse on its McAdoo, Pa., site will make it the largest controlled environment agriculture campus in North America.
Eric Regnier, formerly ZAG’s vice president of operations, will help lead the company’s initiatives in managed IT, cybersecurity and data analytics for the agriculture sector.
Applause and Epic Crisp will be available for a limited time at Costco, Sam’s Club, Albertson’s, Giant Eagle, H-E-B, Vons, Aldi and Kroger.
Good weather and timely rains should result in some good-quality Ohio vegetables kicking off right on schedule by the end of June, grower-shippers say.
The greenhouse grower offered greenhouse tours to Texas schoolchildren as part of classroom curriculum focused on sustainable agriculture.
The revamped look is part of the company’s rebranding efforts, which celebrates its 100-year anniversary.
Retailers will have the opportunity to taste Zespri’s top-selling organic SunGold and green kiwifruit during the Organic Produce Summit in Monterey, Calif., July 10-11, at booth No. 713.
Sunshine Sweet Corn Farmers of Florida have announced the winners of the group’s inaugural 2024 Merchandising Display Contest.
The commission says an operational work plan requires the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to provide direct inspection of all harvesting and packing of hass avocados for export to the U.S.
Operating in 62 countries and supporting more than 7.5 million farmers and workers, the global nonprofit aims to reach 100 million by 2030 by propelling the adoption of regenerative agriculture and driving large-scale landscape transformation.
These associations include the Florida Tomato Exchange, the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, and the Florida Tomato Committee.
California is expected have plenty of good-quality tree fruit, melons and other commodities this summer, though some items might get off to a later start than usual, and early volume on others may be off a bit.
The new kits — Roadhouse BBQ, Chophouse Crunch, Hibachi Miso, Everything Caesar and Crunchy Taco — were expected to be on supermarket shelves nationally by mid-April.
In celebration of Earth Day, SpartanNash has partnered with Ecodrive to plant 20,000 trees to mitigate global warming and support healthy ecosystems.
Inteligistics has launched InteliView, a cloud-based, flexible and customizable digital information hub that consolidates data from a variety of sources.
As residents awaited federal disaster assistance for flood recovery, the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California led an effort to provide health care and supplies to a small town.
Retail produce buyers and consumers are becoming more vocal about sustainability in growing and handling California summer fruit, and grower-shippers are making an all-out effort to meet those requests.
Climate-tech company CoreZero, together with the Mexican Foodbanking Network (Red BAMX), has turned food waste prevention efforts into carbon credits.
Produce for Better Health has revealed the 14 retail dietitians and wellness influencers attending this year’s Consumer Connection Conference, April 10-12, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Those attending the April 20 event in Chile will include exporters, importers, marketers, retailers, researchers and industry consultants.
Mexican mango season got off to a slow start this year because of weather issues, but supplies should pick up as the season progresses, importers say.