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Taking a new approach in engaging with retailers, North Shore Living Herbs & Greens released an animated video that takes you on a journey through their hydroponic growing process from seed to store.
Potato growers and shippers must stay connected to fast-changing consumer trends if they are to keep pace with the needs of omni-channel customers. Michael Sansolo believes.
A new series of United Fresh Produce Association re-Fresh Experience sessions is set to begin Jan. 12.
Healthy Family Project wrapped 2020 raising $210,780 through cause marketing programs focused on living a healthy lifestyle and inching ever further passed the $7 million raised milestone.
A recent study published in the scientific journal Clinical Infectious Diseases found that a lack of adequate vitamin K levels was associated with poor outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
Jenfitch Inc. has gained NSF approval to use a proprietary sodium oxychloride formulation that works even more effectively than ozone in post-harvest wash systems and hydro-coolers.
The Woodland, Calif.-based Center for Produce Safety has launched a capital campaign to raise $15 million in five years for food safety research.
Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Robinson Fresh has launched a consumer brand.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of 31 individuals to serve on the National Potato Promotion Board.
New year, same great Rushing Rivers® d’Anjou pears from Stemilt and exactly what the retailer needs to take their pear category from good to World Famous.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has established the Pecan Promotion, Research and Information order.
A little more than three months after its initial public offering, Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce has announced quarterly financial results for the year ending Oct. 31.
Houston-based Brothers Produce is no longer affiliated with any other Brothers Produce divisions.
Pero Family Farms Food Co. LLC, Delray Beach, Fla., has recalled multiple butternut squash products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Agropiura and Oppy have taken a proactive approach to sustainability, spearheading an adopt-a-highway program in Peru which removed waste beside a highway by engaging with citizens, local partners and authorities.
The Chilean Blueberry Committee is excited to announce that Blueberries from Chile are now certified by the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check Food Certification Program.
Produce Marketing Association and Center for Growing Talent are expanding their virtual learning opportunities.
Seven produce industry representatives have been named to the Agriculture Trade Advisory Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables.
The Department of Labor has published a long-expected final rule that the agency said will modernize the H-2A guest agricultural worker program.
Monterey Mushrooms, Watsonville, Calif., has promoted Greg Sweet to chief operating officer, a new position for the company.
Bronx, N.Y.-based Hunts Point Produce Market labor union workers are on strike over a wage dispute.
Today, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried offered formal comment to the U.S. International Trade Commission on two investigations into imports of strawberries and bell peppers into the American market.
The Packer’s editor-in-chief Tom Karst, Northeast editor Amy Sowder and retail editor Ashley Nickle discuss the news of the week. For more details on all topics, check out these articles.
A unique program at the University of Florida is asking home gardeners to grow and evaluate new tomato varieties.
To identify and prepare the next generation of Western Growers members for positions of leadership within the Western fresh produce industry, WG has inaugurated the sixth class of the Future Volunteer Leaders Program.
The California Walnut Board has hired Josh Rahm as director of technical and regulatory affairs.
Sakata Seed America, through its Woodland Innovation Center, significantly increased the volume of fresh produce donations to the Yolo Food Bank in Woodland, CA.
Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., has hired Robert Medler as Arizona government affairs manager.
President Joe Biden plans to introduce ambitious immigration reform legislation on his first day in office that seeks to legalize millions of undocumented workers.
As President-elect Joseph Biden is sworn in today as the 46th President of the United States, the U.S. Apple Association looks forward to working with the Biden Administration on our top advocacy priorities.