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DiSilva Fruit’s new Bright Bounty packaging debuts in time for the upcoming season.
The combined company is set to provide food solutions to retail customers and shoppers across the U.S., with more than 30,000 team members serving close to 10,000 independent retail locations.
Organizations in the food recovery and food insecurity space say ending this report will mask the lack of investment in SNAP and other programs.
The premium blackberry variety has been awarded the prestigious Superior Taste Award by the International Taste Institute, the company says.
The precision crop management company seeks to both expand into new crops as well as help growers better understand what’s going on with their farms through data.
The new line includes lion’s mane, king trumpet, maitake, shiitake, oyster and combination offerings in sustainable packaging.
Unverified workers want documentation, want to ensure their families are protected and want to stay in this country, says Manuel Cunha, president of the Nisei Farmers League.
Kendall Rae Johnson, a 10-year-old Georgia farmer, is the youngest to receive a full-ride scholarship in agriculture to South Carolina State University. She says she’s only just begun.
Halfway through the campaign, which includes a national sweepstakes, the company reports success and projects growing demand for salad kits.
The companies have formed a joint venture to collaborate in specialty fruit, beginning with the development of a pitless cherry.
Moving closer to specialty crops as well as technology, the company hopes to innovate faster.
This brings Publix Super Markets Charities’ total investment to help end hunger to over $78 million since 2015.
In his new role, Ricardo De Genova will oversee the company’s innovation, development, design and product teams.
Bill Dodd, a fourth-generation apple grower in Ohio, shares the advantages to growing trees in a high-density system.
The company and its partners celebrate 10 million meals donated through Meals with Meaning, a program launched in 2020.
Florida’s favorable business conditions have continued to attract companies like the Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce, which recently expanded its operations and distribution to Miami.
Proprietary varieties and brands continue to draw interest among consumers.
The biennial report offers a snapshot of where the tropical fruit importer stands on its sustainability goals.
The labeling solutions company says the educational resource is designed to support fresh produce stakeholders in navigating and understanding new packaging regulations.
While Honeycrisp volumes rebound, apple marketers say this year’s crop will offer solid bagged and organic promotions.
Iroquois Valley is investing in turning conventional cropland into organic ground, like it did with its partnership with Wholesome Meadows Farm.
The Packer’s Sustainability Insights 2025 reveals that growers cite much lower numbers for how much consumers are willing to pay for sustainable packaging than the consumers themselves.
The organization seeks to empower young men, ages 14 to 17, through hands-on agricultural training, creating future leaders in the industry.
The CEO of a new ag tech venture in Salinas, Calif., shares how a boots-on-the-ground approach to ag tech development will fuel new developments in the fresh produce industry.
The brands say the new structure is designed to maximize efficiencies as they work in partnership.
Seven new members join the commission’s board as producer members, handler members and alternates for the new two-year term.
Through the partnership, retailers can integrate Flashfood’s digital platform into IGA stores to sell fresh items including meat, produce, dairy, bakery and center-store goods at significant discounts to shoppers via the Flashfood app.
A highlight of the partnership will grant IGA member stores access to the SHOPtoCOOK kiosk, which facilitates easy-to-use, in-store accessibility to a retailer’s digital media platform.
The group has proposed an Environmental Charter to potentially address the “audit fatigue” that follows the proliferation of sustainability assurance efforts in Canada.
While production is up about 18%, this year’s objective measurement report looks to be more a normal figure says Robert Verloop, CEO of the California Walnut Commission.