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United Fresh Produce Association gathered their exhibiting community for the first time since announcing their return to live events this June 24-26 in Los Angeles, CA.
Smurfit Kappa is proud to announce that its support of and contribution to the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been recognised by Support the Goals.
Larry McIntosh, president and CEO of Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Peak of the Market, is retiring after leading the company for 27 years.
If a produce company was to build a social responsibility program, what should it consist of?
Murrieta, Calif.-based West Pak Avocado has partnered with Apeel to extended shelf life and reduce food waste for their premium avocados.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce, Inc. has launched Opt For Avo, a health and lifestyle campaign designed to promote healthy lifestyles with avocados.
Chelsea, Mass.-based Morning Kiss Organic is looking forward to bringing a healthy crop of organic Vidalia onions to market this spring.
Oishii, the producer of a much-hyped seedless, creamy, premium strawberry grown at a Kearny, N.J.-based commercial-scale indoor vertical farm, has closed in on $50 million in funding.
Summer is several months away, but if there’s one message I think about now, it’s “game on!”
Wenatchee, Wash.-based CMI Orchards has released an innovative new program, Flavogram®, to help consumers compare apples to apples.
The Alliance for Food and Farming has launched a new Facebook contest, #NoMoreDirtyDozen.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that producers of south Florida avocados voted to continue their marketing order program.
The Newark, Del.-based Produce Marketing Association will be bringing the industry back together – in person – in Monterey, Calif., for the Foodservice Conference on July 21-22.
The National Mango Board (NMB) elected new officers during its March board meeting.
Hailey, Idaho-based ProSource Produce L.L.C., is releasing the first images of the company’s new, Sweet Onion carton, available to ship later this week.
After 35 years in the produce industry, Jim Leimkuhler, CEO of Los Angeles-based Progressive Produce LLC, will retire March 31.
A $314 million ag-tech center — that will grow indoors, copack, distribute and sometimes process fresh greens, tomatoes, blueberries and other produce — is coming to South Carolina.
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s new produce safety website has launched to help professionals abide by the Food Safety Modernization Act, including the Produce Safety Rule.
Pharr, Texas-based Kaliroy Fresh LLC is launching a new top seal resealable snacking tomato line.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing to revise the U.S. Standards for Watermelon to provide a common language for trade.
One good list deserves another. Following up on our first set of takeaways from the opening day of United Fresh’s BrandStorm event, here are a few more highlights from the last two days of the virtual conference.
This is part two of a two-part report on takeaways from the second and third days of BrandStorm 2021.
Most California avocado marketers are optimistic that the foodservice trend line is pointing higher, but say making firm predictions is impossible.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce, Inc., has partnered with China avocado brand Mr. Avocado for the first-ever shipment of avocados to China from California.
Orlando, Fla.-based Kalera has announced the purchase of a facility in St. Paul, Minn., which they will convert to a vertical farming facility, according to a news release.
A coalition of ag groups has filed a lawsuit to block Coachella’s urgency ordinance mandating farmers and other agricultural employers pay an additional four dollars per hour to their employees for at least 120 days.
Humble Produce Owner: Miguel Medina, has worked tirelessly over the last 6 months working with growers in Mexico to try to restore the faith.
Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation will host a virtual garden based learning event on April 27.
The Mushroom Council® will remind diners that researchers consider mushrooms “one of the most sustainably produced foods in the United States.”
Concentric Power Inc.. has announced it has broken ground on a 5.0 MW microgrid for Tasteful Selections.