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As more produce is offered with a fair trade label and more consumer seek it out, sales are greatly increasing, with Fair Trade USA reporting a 30% jump in 2018.
GreenGate Fresh, Salinas, Calif., is offering cartons of cilantro and parsley for foodservice operators.
Want something tasty that’s also beneficial to your health? It’s time to abandon processed, unhealthy sweets from your chain’s out-of-the-box bakery and turn to the orchard.
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Check Country Store, ERC Produce, Garden Fresh Restaurants, Giardino Gourmet Salads, and Vine Line Produce Distribution are new companies to the Market. California Specialty Produce Inc. and other firms have updates.
Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda’s is offering solutions for plant-based eating during the holiday season.
Eight years into the 10-year Eastern Broccoli Project, the broccoli industry in the eastern U.S. is valued at $90 million and the project is expected to meet a $100-million goal.
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The United Fresh Produce Association wants your help in forming education sessions at its 2020 convention and expo.
Applications are open for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee.
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Live from Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit – Villita Avocados Inc.
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Live from Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit – Houweling’s Group and Apeel Sciences
United Fresh is accepting nominations for the 2020 Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards Program.
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Agriculture Capital, Amazon-Fruit Frexot Productora Y Comercializadora, Anawi Export SAC, ATV Farms & Imperfect Foods are new companies to the Market. ERC Produce, Fruitsmart Inc. and Westside Produce LLC have updates.
(UPDATED, Dec. 6) The number sickened in outbreak caused by E. coli O157:H7 linked to romaine lettuce from Salinas, Calif. continues to grow, while traceback investigators are focusing on three farms in the region.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Dec. 4 filed an administrative Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act complaint against Oregon-based Hood River Juice Company Inc.
New recyclable corrugated packaging options are available from Castroville, Calif.-based Ocean Mist Farms.
Youth entrepreneurship group Lemonade Day and citrus supplier Limoneira Company have established a two-year charitable licensing agreement.
Wonderful Pistachios has a new spoke-tortoise kicking off its No Shells line marketing campaign, as part of a $15 million investment in the brand.
Tailor Cut Produce has recalled its fresh-cut Fruit Luau, a mix of honeydew, cantaloupe and pineapple, after the Food and Drug Administration linked it to a salmonella outbreak.
ProducePay has much more money to finance growers sending produce to U.S. markets.
A year after it was signed, President Trump and House Democrats have struck a deal that will allow the USMCA to be ratified in December.
Politicians and agriculture leaders were responding Dec. 10 to news of a breakthrough deal for the USMCA, expected to lead to ratification by Congress in December.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has appointed Jerry D’Amore, who has worked in agriculture for more than four decades, including a focus on berry companies for half that, to the National Organic Standards Board.
Coast To Coast Produce LLC has been Endorsed. Barohup, Higreen Farm Inc., Mercado Mayorista LLC, Norman M Hoover and Sunrise 52017 LLC are new companies to the Market. EarthFresh Farms Inc., and others have updates.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled Fresh Express’ Sunflower Crisp Chopped Salad Kit with romaine from Salinas, Calif., linking it to 16 cases of E. coli in Canada.