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Sorting equipment manufacturer Unitec Group has a lot to talk about since exhibiting at the 2018 Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
Curation Foods is unveiling a new look for its Eat Smart brand at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo.
The Bunzl Agriculture Group, Oxnard, Calif., is introducing a line of eco-packaging Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo.
A meeting designed to shed light on the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative is so popular that no spots are available, and the webcast of the meeting has also hit the maximum number allowed.
Retail expert Dick Spezzano has been chosen as this year’s recipient of the Center for Growing Talent’s Jay Pack Cultivating our Future Award.
Two-time NBA World Champion Danny “Green Ranger” Green of the Los Angeles Lakers has partnered with Blanc Vineyards, Delano Farms and Four Star Fruit to encourage children to live healthy lifestyles.
Renaissance Food Group has created two new executive vice president positions, promoting Raina Nelson to one of them, the executive vice president of business development.
Chef’d LLC, Old West Export Inc., MLC Berries Inc., and Sandifer Farms LLC have been sanctioned by the USDA. Peri & Sons Farms Inc. and Richard Barrett Produce Co Inc. have been Endorsed. New companies and more!
Georgia Blueberry Growers Association, Philip Hoover, Prisma Produce & Distribution, Prospect Valley Acres, and SolanBranch are new companies to the Market. Direct Advantage LLC, Rancho Del Sol and other have changes.
Keeping in place a tomato suspension agreement between Mexican growers and the Commerce Department, the International Trade Commission ruled that Mexican tomatoes sold at less than “fair value” threaten the U.S.
As the number of E. coli cases linked to romaine has risen to 40, federal health and regulatory officials are warning consumers not to eat romaine lettuce originating from Salinas, Calif.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, has introduced a bill designed to allow regulators easier access to animal farms during investigations into the source of foodborne illness outbreaks.
Beyond the painful toll on those who have been stricken, the tragedy is that the association between romaine lettuce and a foodborne outbreak linked to the E. coli pathogen has become predictable.
Produce Packaging Inc., and Sandifer Farms LLC have had USDA operational updates. Gotham Greens Baltimore LLC, Liane LLC, Morris Organic Farm, Sena Foods LLC and Viva Farms are new firms to the Market and Updates.
Both wages and the number of farm labor workers are up compared with a year ago.
AeroFarms, the Newark, N.J.-based indoor aeroponic grower of greens and microgreens, has been named as one of Time magazine’s 100 Best Inventions.
U.S. potato growers shipped 34% more fresh potatoes to Canada from July through September, but they were not destined to be sold as fresh, according to a quarterly report from Potatoes USA.
(UPDATED, Nov. 21) Bipartisan farmworker immigration legislation has cleared its first hurdle, passing by voice vote in the House Judiciary Committee Nov. 20.
Processor Missa Bay LLC has recalled more than three dozen salad products with romaine as investigators search for a cause of an eight-state E. coli outbreak with 17 cases.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reversed a decision that would have barred a man from the industry due to Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act violations.
Year-over-year retail food price increases continue to be tame and more of the same is expected for 2020.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Nov. 27 has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act against California-based Custom Fresh Cuts Inc.
New research reveals that millennial shoppers who buy avocados are important both to the avocado category and to the entire produce department.
Green Thumb Farms has launched a program fall to discover and develop new potato varieties.
Nearly 150 years ago, a railroad spike in Utah Territory linked the U.S. by rail from coast to coast. For the produce industry, railroads changed the name of the game.
At California Giant, Watsonville, Calif., Christmas comes early.
Baker & Murakami Produce Company, LLLP, C. Isabelle & Fils Inc., Charmaine’s, Mark Nolt, Stoltzfus Produce are new companies to the Market. HB Farms LLC, High Acres Fruit Farm, and others have changes.
The King County (Ore.) Public Health Department is investigating an E. coli outbreak unrelated to the one believed to have originated in romaine grown in the Salinas, Calif., area.
Brighter Bites, Houston, has received the RESULTS Houston Seeds of Hope Award, recognizing the organization’s mission to provide fresh produce to underserved communities.
The Food and Drug Administration has reported three more cases of hepatitis A “potentially linked” to fresh blackberries from Fresh Thyme Farmers Market stores.