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The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service will host a webinar on March 3 to highlight procedures for filing imports entering the U.S.
T&G Global today announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2020, which show the Group delivered strong growth in a year of uncertainty.
Doing its part to address a global problem, Fyffes has committed to reducing food loss in its own operations by 80% by 2030, according to a news release.
Bushel Boy is excited to announce the opening of our new Iowa greenhouse farm, where we grow brilliantly red and absolutely perfect sweet beefsteak and vine-on tomatoes.
Mid-February freezing temperatures in South Texas reduced yields for the onion crop, and that is expected to translate to higher prices this season.
What role, if any, should buyers have in determining what social responsibility program a supplier should use?
Social responsibility is all about helping people do better, most industry leaders agree.
Tom Karst, Ashley Nickle and Amy Sowder discuss some of the top stories of the week, from immigration reform to PBH’s new State of the Plate report to new numbers on satisfaction with online grocery shopping.
The Packer’s Northeast editor, Amy Sowder, goes on a virtual tour with Marc Oshima, cofounder and chief marketing officer of Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms at one of their largest U.S. commercial indoor, vertical farms.
The Millen, Ga.-based Southeast Produce Council said it will again work with FMI and unveil the 2021 edition of the produce industry’s premier research, the Power of Produce, at Southern Exposure on April 7.
The USDA is warning vendors who wish to participate in USDA food purchase programs of a possible phishing scheme that uses emails portraying Agricultural Marketing Service solicitations for bids.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service is updating the USDA Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices and GAP Plus+ audit checklists.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct a referendum April 12-30 for Irish potato producers in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon, to vote on whether to continue their federal marketing order.
When life gives you lemons, water them carefully. At least, that’s what avocado and lemon tree grower Angela Vanoni does.
Columbus, Ohio-based DNO Produce, Inc. has hired Melissa Rogner as marketing director.
Covid-19, sustainability and value-added efforts have changed the way the packaging industry operates. Take a look at what these companies are doing to advance business.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working with federal partners to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
One in 24 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cancer, but early detection and eating a cancer-protective diet can reduce your risk.
Don’t miss this week’s produce marketing news all in one place. Catch up on everything from new products and packaging design to marketing campaigns and more.
United Fresh Produce Association has developed a six-part webinar series designed to inform companies of the regulatory issues affecting international trade of produce products imported into and exported from the U.S.
California’s smaller avocado crop should see strong demand and good market conditions in 2021, especially up and down the West Coast.
South Bend, Ind.-based Pure Green Farms is now producing and distributing four new leafy green varieties to select Kroger stores, according to a news release.
The Food and Drug Administration’s proposed rule on additional traceability requirements for certain foods is more complicated and expensive than it should be.
Marketing will no longer exist in a decade, said Duncan Wardle in a TED Talk. It will be replaced by the experience economy.
Peruvian produce marketer Camposol will use Philadelphia-based AgroFresh Solutions, Inc.'s VitaFresh Botanicals plant-based, edible coatings to extend shelf life for ripened avocados bound for export markets.
Prissy Fletcher is overjoyed. The cabbage crop is thriving this year in St. Johns County, just south of Jacksonville in northeastern Florida.
SEPC’s Episode XVIII conference is one of the first major in-person produce conferences since the COVID-19 pandemic Dark Side spread its evil across the galaxy — or around the world, at least.
Two fresh produce organizations put their money where their mouth is and contributed to the Center for Produce Safety at the highest level.
The world’s second-largest producer of pineapples wants access to the U.S. fresh market.
A new report reveals citrus, Asian and Indian vegetables including cooking roots such as garlic, ginger and turmeric, lead the way in year-on-year growth during 2020 in Ontario retail produce departments.