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Dole Food Co., Charlotte, N.C., is kicking off an eight-month campaign celebrating healthy living with a focus on the “epic storytelling of Pixar Animation Studios” as inspiration.
U.S. onion growers should be paid $5 for every 50-pound bag of onions they have had to dump or donate because of the COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent loss of foodservice sales.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a recording of its May 14 web seminar for growers interested in applying for direct payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
The Center for Produce Safety is hosting a series of five weekly web seminars for its annual CPS Research Symposium during June and July.
Avocados From Peru will launch its new e-cookbook “Avocados in Bloom” in late May.
With a price tag of $1.22 billion and hundreds of contracts, the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program is a massive endeavor to move fresh produce and other foods to needy families through food banks.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against JLD Inc., doing business as North Country Wholesale.
The Justice Department is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to allow hydroponic operations to be certified organic.
Applewood Fresh’s growers will be starting Michigan asparagus shipments the week of May 25.
In the Carolinas, spring and summer produce is an edible rainbow. And the harvest is looking good, growers say.
The USDA now has the authority under the Defense Production Act to help prevent supply interruptions at FDA-regulated food facilities, including farms, packinghouses and fresh-cut processing facilities.
Wish Farms, Plant City, Fla., is gearing up for the domestic blackberry season, anticipating a positive shift in demand and pricing as production ramps up.
The National Watermelon Promotion Board is rolling out a database to connect growers and distributors with buyers.
C & L Fresh Produce Inc., Dominic Produce LLC, Freshquita Brands LLC, PFC Natural Grocery & Deli, and Quality Cut Produce LLC are new companies to the Market. Fisher Orchard, Peach Country and others have changes.
Warm weather means prime time for every produce department, from berries to stone fruit to grapes to the crown jewel of summer: cherries.
Cherries come in a variety of pack sizes and styles, and in typical years – coronavirus may change the approach this season – many retailers have worked to present several different options for shoppers.
Retailers generally carry cherries whenever they are available, though the Northwest season is obviously the pinnacle of volume and consumer interest.
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The U.S. Apple Association is changing its annual Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference into a virtual event to comply with regulations in Chicago limiting the amount of people who can congregate.
Chelan, Wash.-based Chelan Fresh Marketing is entering its first full season with new cherry packaging, said Tim Evans, general sales manager.
John Vena Inc., Keith Lansaw Produce, Kelley Foods of AL, La Bodega Meat & Produce, Migliorelli Farm, Sunfresh Farms LTD, Torrey Farms Inc., and Winchester Cold Storage have company profile updates.
Leafy green growers are pledging to follow recommendations that the Food and Drug Administration recently outlined in a report on E. coli outbreaks in romaine and other leafy Greens in 2019.
A web seminar on new growing and handling best practices for Mexican papayas will answer questions from the industry about the document outlining the procedures.
Hazel Technologies Inc., Chicago, has a partnership with Mexican melon importer Grower Alliance, Rio Rico, Ariz.
Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has shipped Peruvian hass avocados to South Korea for the first time.
Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., is a sponsor of the 2020 Pan-Mass Challenge cycling event to raise funds for cancer research and treatment, which has moved to virtual event this year because of the pandemic.
El Agave, doing business as Essential Food & Produce, Evansville, Ind., is the newest distributor member of national foodservice buying group Golbon, Boise, Idaho.
Moving about 1 million boxes a day to food banks and other charities, the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program is gaining speed and is on track to hit 44 million boxes delivered by the end of June.