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The move from clamshells to tray-sealing produce packages is one of the most significant advances in packaging technology in the past five years.
In a May survey about sustainability, The Packer offered respondents the chance to provide “any other thoughts” on sustainability.
Fresh Innovations California, LLC has hired Greg Taylor as their new Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing, and Innovation.
Reidsville, Ga.-based Shuman Farms staff members are spending June volunteering in the communities where their RealSweet Vidalia onions are sold.
Third-party certification bodies play a significant but not universal role in confirming and measuring sustainability measures related to the environment.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods has teamed up with Fresh Cravings to launch the “Summer Snacking Games” Sweepstakes to drive consumption of produce during the warmer weather months.
Paying the winner’s way to a big conference, the 2021 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship application period is now open.
Marketers moved more than 3 million pounds of organic garlic, and sales topped more than $24 million in 2019, according to IRI.
Organic berry sales topped $760 million in 2019 and comprised 12.3% of total retail berry sales, according to data from IRI. Marketers moved more than 13.7 million pounds of berries in 2019.
Dayka & Hackett LLC, Reedley, Calif., and Agrícola Don Ricardo, Ica, Peru, have signed agreements to sell majority ownership to newly formed produce company Frutura.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced winners for the 2021 Agricultural-Environmental Leadership Award.
Salinas, Calif.-based Naturipe Farms is excited to announce its inaugural “Summer of Snacking” just in time for the first official day of summer which kicked off on Sunday.
San Francisco-based GrubMarket announced it has completed the acquisition of Sierra Produce, one of the largest importers of South American fruits directly from growers into the United States.
Episode 51 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features a conversation with Kristina Lorusso, business development director for Giumarra, about the company’s recent tests of autonomous trucks and aircraft to move produce.
The Hass Avocado Board reports avocado category has shown year-to-date volume growth of 5.2%, adding 45 million units to the category versus the prior year.
Irvington, N.Y.-based BrightFarms is forming BrightLabs, an innovation and research lab at its Ohio growing facility, as well as launching a new lettuce product.
Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms, a Certified B Corporation and indoor vertical greens grower, has started building AeroFarms AgX Ltd., its wholly owned subsidiary, in Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates.
Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets founder and patriarch Angelo Caputo died June 16 at the age of 89.
Did you know that 38% of shoppers say they are more likely to shop at YOUR store if you carry red dragon fruit?
The Packer’s editor-in-chief Tom Karst, retail editor Ashley Nickle and Northeast editor Amy Sowder discuss the return of foodservice in the latest episode of Packer Insight.
Weather has been much better this season for Ohio produce, said Ken Holthouse, spokesman for sister companies North Fairfield, Ohio-based D.R. Walcher Farms and Willard, Ohio-based Holthouse Farms.
Yakima, Wash.-based Kwik Lok Corp. has hired Maggie Brown for the newly created position of director of global supply.
Norway-based technology company TOMRA Systems ASA has said that Tove Andersen will take over from current president and CEO Stefan Ranstrand by Nov. 1.
IFCO, the biggest global operator of reusable plastic containers for fresh food packaging, has begun a long-term initiative to add track and trace technology to its RPCs.
There is no single answer as to what is the hardest part about executing sustainability measures to achieve environmental goals.
The Peruvian Asparagus Importers Association (PAIA) has released its 2020/2021 Fresh Asparagus Statistics, Category Trends and Demographics Report.
Bonduelle Fresh Americas, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bonduelle and home of Ready Pac Foods, continues its global sustainability journey with the release of its inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility report today.
The National Council of Agricultural Employers announced today that the Council’s ongoing collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control has resulted in another opportunity to protect farmworkers from COVID-19.
The Packer is seeking insight from Washington and Oregon potato suppliers for the July 5 special section on potatoes from the region.
Rockingham, Va.-based Shenandoah Growers Inc. hired Tessa Pocock as chief science officer following the transition of Robert Hoffman to chief science officer emiritus.