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With the help of the H-2A program, Santa Maria growers expect tight but manageable labor availability for 2021.
Apeel has announced an expanded partnership network made up of more than 20 avocado industry leaders using Apeel’s plant-based protection in the U.S., Latin America and Europe.
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, Frieda’s looks forward to celebrating its 59th Anniversary with the release of a new children’s book titled, “Try It! How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat.”
2021 Texas International Produce Association’s Viva Fresh is in the books. In case you missed the event here are some photos.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Imperial Frozen Foods Op Co LLC (Imperial), Wake Forest, N.C., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
Twenty-five more produce managers have received a significant career honor this week in being named the 2021 winners in the United Fresh Produce Association’s Retail Produce Manager Awards Program.
FiveStar Gourmet Foods has hired produce industry veteran Michael Solomon as president, effective immediately.
Mexico’s Sonora grape growers expect a crop similar in timing and volume compared with a year ago.
The Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) is poised to significantly extend the far-reaching impact of its award-winning Have A Plant® Movement through the growth of its elite ambassador network.
Together with its partner HiTec Food Systems from the Netherlands KRONEN offers a new version of bell pepper processing systems to the market.
After a record-breaking sophomore year that is not over yet, Cosmic Crisp® apple’s growth trajectory indicates it will launch to the top of the apple chart in no time.
The Produce Marketing Association is continuing to offer new programming with its first-ever Diversity & Inclusion Program.
Lipman Family Farms, North America’s largest field tomato grower based in Immokalee, FL, held their annual 5K Run for Backpacks as a hybrid event this past weekend.
California’s 2020 almond acreage is estimated at 1.6 million acres, 5.3% higher than the 2019 acreage of 1.52 million acres, according to new statistics from the USDA.
Salix Fruits, the fresh fruit import and export company celebrates its 10th anniversary presenting its app that it developed together with Lyncros.
The long-standing but sometimes tenuous U.S.-Mexico trade relationship was the focal point of an April 21 session of the Fresh Produce Association’s virtual Spring Policy Summit.
The New England Consulting Group (NECG) is pleased to announce the addition of Dawn Sweeney (attached) to its exclusive Restaurant and Association practices.
Fresh Innovations California, LLC hosts COVID-19 vaccine clinic at corporate headquarters for employees and local community
Sure, there were the usual how-your-company-pivoted-during-the-pandemic discussions, with insightful solutions that companies found.
Does “summer fruit” exist when there are no seasons?
Episode 44 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features an interview with Chelsea Consalo, vice president of produce operations for Consalo Family Farms.
The White House is giving light to a deepening water crisis in Western U.S. states.
RipeLocker, a leader in extending the post-harvest life of perishables, today announced it has raised $5 million in series B capital from angel investors.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted a load of alleged methamphetamine worth $4,343,000 being smuggled in a commercial shipment of fresh produce.
Here’s what we’ve seen this week on five social media platforms in the fresh produce world, inside the industry and beyond.
Nature Fresh Farms’ very own Product Development Specialist, Luci Faas, has been recognized for her excellence in the produce industry.
Graphic Packaging launched its ProducePack™ Punnet, an innovative paperboard alternative to plastic punnet trays for fresh fruit and vegetables.
Auditing Operations Services is now accredited by the American National Standards Institute to certify foreign suppliers of food into the United States under the FDA’s Accredited Third Party Certification Program.
2020 was a record year for mangoes, with a double-digit lift in volume velocity, at 12%, according to the National Mango Board. And whole-mango dollar velocity was up 19% year over year.
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