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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.
The Terrault family, a leader in greenhouse production in Quebec for more than three decades, has introduced a new brand identity as Cultures Gen V Inc., unifying all its brands under the new Gen V banner.
Triple B. Corp., doing business as Charlie’s Produce, Salt Lake City, Utah, has been awarded a maximum $63.7 million federal contract to supply fresh fruits and vegetables.
The USDA reports that the gains in retail per capita consumption for berries have been very strong compared with many other fresh fruits.
The accelerator brings companies with ready-to-market solutions. These companies may already be in adjacent markets with the potential to provide the produce industry with climate-smart innovation.
Dole Food Co. is asking self-proclaimed non-banana eaters to share their “life-without-bananas” stories, photos and videos.
The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association supports the adoption of the Local Farms and Food Act, which backers claim will help local growers, in the 2023 farm bill.
Now in its third season trialing regenerative agriculture practices, the California-based grower is currently testing a low-tillage farming method designed to increase the carbon content in soil.
The grower says it is the first private company in the Mexican state of Jalisco to receive this conservation certification, which will help preserve and protect various species.
McAllen, Texas-based Fox Packaging continues to seek packaging solutions that meet criteria for responsible design while supporting fresh produce.
Syngenta Crop Protection and Biotalys are collaborating to research, develop and commercialize new biocontrol solutions to manage key pests in a broad variety of crops.
The greenhouse grower says Umami The Fifth Taste brings a new flavor profile to the Bombs product line with a sweet and savory taste.
The nonprofit has added a certifications director and a client manager, roles EFI Executive Director Peter O’Driscoll says are “integral to scaling our proven certification program.”
The 220,000-square-foot facility near the Port of Savannah offers cross-docking services and 23 inbound and outbound lanes that can process more than 40 trucks daily, moving up to 1.4 million pounds of produce per day.