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Like suppliers of just about every commodity these days, produce distributors in Nogales, Ariz., are finding the cost of having their goods delivered to be a challenge.
California Governor Gavin Newsom in October signed a package of legislation designed to raise consumer awareness and industry accountability around packaging and recycling issues.
As a young college student, Raquel Espinoza envisioned herself studying law and embarking on a career in the legal field.
You’ll hear from independent grocery suppliers, wholesalers, buyers and other industry peers as they discuss new research conducted by The Packer in partnership with the National Grocers Association.
Inflation roared in 2021, hitting growers, distributors, restaurants, retailers and consumers, and creating concern about the course of the economic recovery.
Among the many uncertainties of 2021, fruit and vegetable professionals were faced with extreme weather that wreaked havoc on the supply chain.
The year 2021 brought no “back to normal” for the restaurant industry. Instead, at the end of the year, the foodservice sector seems in danger of repeating the darkest days during the pandemic.
The five-year growth trend of indoor farming, especially controlled environment agriculture, accelerated in 2021, when supply chain delays and rising costs made shipping produce from across the country more difficult.
Labor is typically always tight on the fresh produce farm. That was truer than ever in 2021, but nearly everyone else in the food supply chain was also experiencing a shortage of workers.
Just one year since its inception, T&G Fresh’s charity Fairgrow has today achieved the massive milestone of donating its one millionth kilogram of fresh produce to Kiwis in need across Aotearoa.
It has been a challenging year for mushroom suppliers, but there have been rewards too.
As the end of the year approaches, table grape supplies will start ramping up for grower/importer Divine Flavor as the Peruvian crop is already underway.
Despite ongoing challenges presented by the COVID pandemic, 2021 was a year of progress for Equitable Food Initiative as it drew strength from its multistakeholder approach, bringing new insights.
Consalo Family Farms is proud to celebrate the 35th work anniversary of a star employee, Sidney Johnson.
The year 2021 was a rough one, to say the least. But what was at the forefront of everyone’s mind? The health and safety of our industry’s most valuable asset: employees.
For many, 2021 wasn’t all that much better than 2020, as shortages of pallets, packaging, containers for export shipments and trucks created problems for the produce industry.
Sustainable packaging is no doubt the hot topic among produce industry professionals in 2021. Globally, sustainability overtook personal health as consumers’ biggest issue this year.
United Fresh and Produce Marketing Association combine to create International Fresh Produce Association
CCM announced Dec. 20 that the 2021/22 navel and mandarin estimates will be down. The initial navel estimate was 70 million boxes, which was already down 14%.
Phil “Rock” Gumpert, chairman and chief executive officer of Tom Lange Family of Companies, after 57 years in the produce industry, announced his retirement, effective Dec. 31.
The NGA has written a letter to the Biden administration urging OSHA to consider exempting businesses in the food supply chain from the COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Mandate.
Grocery store food prices will increase between 2.5% and 3% this year but then increase just 1.5% to 2.5% in 2022, according to the December Food Price Outlook Report from the USDA.
Nogales, Ariz.- based, Wholesum has opened a new 12-acre organic tomato glass greenhouse in Sonora, Mexico.
The popularity spike of organics in 2020 wasn’t maintained in 2021, but it’s higher than in 2019 and it’s expected to grow in 2022.
With holiday buying and inflationary pressures coming together, the produce department in November experienced both the stresses of the pandemic and new factors, as well.
Mastronardi Produce is eyeing a new market in which to develop clusters of controlled agriculture partnerships and facilities.
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) hosted a breakfast event on December 15th, 2021 to honor the industry’s essential workers as part of 2021 Member of the Year celebration.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced the award of a $5 million cooperative agreement to the American Center for International Labor Solidarity to improve agricultural workers’ rights in Latin America.
A special CatStat report looking at data from Nielson Answers, total US for the 52-week period ending November 27, 2021, paints an opportune landscape for branded apple promotions as strong category builders.
Sunions are America’s first tearless and sweet onions, and they’re back in season with a fresh crop now available on grocer’s shelves.