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The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association has scheduled two regional meetings to provide updates on issues affecting the state’s growers.
Idaho potato sales are threading their way through the COVID-19 pandemic by spiking in retail stores, while recovering in the foodservice sector, marketers say.
Volume of California’s 2020-21 navel orange crop is forecast to be down slightly from last year, while quality and fruit size should be good, said Casey Creamer, president of Exeter-based California Citrus Mutual.
Veronique Sallin, co-founder of Clermont, Fla.-based IMG Enterprises Inc., parent company of IMG Citrus, is Florida’s 2020 Woman of the Year in Agriculture.
USA Pears is offering pear consumers a chance to win a outdoor pizza oven with the group’s #pearpizza takeover contest during National Pizza Month in October.
Spot refrigerated truckload rates hit an all-time high in September, according to Portland, Ore.-based DAT Freight & Analytics.
Bakersfield, Calif.-based Grimmway Farms is bring new products and sustainable packaging initiatives to the first-ever virtual Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit Conference & Expo.
With support from Bayer, the United Fresh Start Foundation is celebrating National School Lunch Week from Oct. 12-16.
A review of retail sales data by Stemilt Growers’ Roger Pepperl an Brianna Shales shows apples have been a strong performer for the last quarter, and there is more to come.
Superior Fresh has introduced an organic salad, Citrus Splash.
Alvaro Luque, president and CEO of Avocados from Mexico, is The Packer’s 2020 Produce Marketer of the Year.
Pear Bureau Northwest is offering virtual visitors several digital tools at its Fresh Summit exhibit, and the message centers on flavor.
Good Foods, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., is again tackling hunger, with a college football-themed promotion to raise money for Brighter Bites.
A survey of California’s Bay Area consumers show they agree that agriculture is important to the quality of life and economy in California.
For Zespri International, the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit has been a great forum to push out merchandising information about the proprietary Zespri SunGold pack, Sarah Deaton said.
The Packer’s editor-in-chief Tom Karst, retail editor Ashley Nickle and Northeast editor Amy Sowder recap the final day of the big week of PMA’s Fresh Summit, from celebrity appearances to education sessions.
Instead of pining for the “good old days” before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cathy Burns invited the industry to a “new extraordinary” in her State of the Industry address at the PMA Fresh Summit.
The Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture — AMHPAC — has a new date for its annual convention.
Curious about the new pink pineapple from Del Monte? Retail editor Ashley Nickle and copy editor and designer Amelia Freidline got to try the limited-edition Pinkglow variety this week.
Watch as Taylor, Braga, Rosenberg talk sustainability in Salinas and beyond.
Industry members unpack complex topic of sustainable packaging.
Wholesum, Fyffes and others talk social responsibility certifications.
Roland Fumasi’s keynote covers the business case for sustainability.
Ecolab exec Emilio Tenuta talks smart water practices.
Week-to-week potato sales are steady, with spikes at major holidays. Potatoes are a key item to driving demand in the produce department and there are ways to help further drive sales through optimization.
A $20 million advertising campaign will help consumers think of Wonderful Pistachios when they are looking for a plant protein.
DeltaTrak Inc. is promoting a data logger designed for ocean containers at the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit.
FirstFruits Marketing, Yakima, Wash., is starting the Opal apple season with a consumer campaign, Crave the Crunch.
Leaving a decades-long legacy of expanding the global footprint of the Produce Marketing Association, Nancy Tucker is retiring at the end of the year.
Indoor grower Plenty Unlimited Inc., which markets under the Plenty brand, has $140 million more to grow its business.