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Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has announced a breadth of efforts to advance innovation and industry involvement with regulators on PLU stickers.
Nearly 2 in 10 consumers polled by The Packer this year say the biggest influence on their produce purchasing decisions is the type of packaging used.
Long-term government help to deliver more water to California growers is on its way.
Inflation is heating up for Americans, and fresh produce purchases are no exception.
Market conditions for potatoes were running above year-ago levels in late October and early November.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers is rolling out a new eco-friendly bag for organic fruit in the 2021-22 season.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is inviting citrus suppliers to compete to sell fresh oranges to government feeding programs.
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Vero Beach, Fla.-based IMG Citrus has announced a new Florida grapefruit brand and specialty product, YELLOS.
The Organic Grower Summit, Presented by Western Growers and the Organic Produce Network will honor long-time organic grower Vic Smith as the recipient of the fourth annual Organic Grower Summit’s Grower of the Year.
Lifestyle retailer and design company Concepts International has used the kiwi fruit as the inspiration behind its latest collaboration with New Balance footwear.
More than half of consumers polled about sustainability by The Packer earlier this year said that eco-friendly packaging helps them define whether a product is sustainable.
When it comes to fall and early winter produce in Florida, it depends on the hurricane season. And yes, growers and marketers also watch for any frosts that pop up in what’s supposed to be the Sunshine State.
Strawberries aren’t ready yet this fall so far, but on Nov. 26, 2020, strawberry shipments from Florida had 4,923 packages of eight 1-pound containers with lids — or almost 40,000 pounds, according to the AMS.
As shown so far this fall, it’s often a great time of year to be a Florida fruit or vegetable grower. Can the same be said for Florida fall eggplant, tomatoes season?
Sweet corn from Florida is typically available from November through July.
The first apple storage report of the season shows U.S. fresh apple inventories were 7.1% below year-ago levels as of Nov. 1.
With promotable volume of California grapes available through December, retail promotion and consumer advertising continue through year-end in the U.S., and in Canada, Mexico, and other key export markets.
Prices for truckload services spiked to their highest levels yet in October, reflecting shippers’ willingness to pay a premium to move goods through their supply chains.
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) celebrated its 52nd Nogales Produce Convention and Golf Tournament on November 4th -6th at the historic Tubac Golf Resort and Spa.
The Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops has announced a partnership with CropTrak to accelerate adoption of the Stewardship Calculator 2.0 across the specialty food supply chain.
Specialty produce is not one of those retail categories where a merchandiser can “set it and forget it.”
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture and New York Jets honored Stillwater Township Elementary School at a New York Jets-Miami Dolphins football game at MetLife Stadium for its nutrition and wellness achievements.
Caesar DiCrecchio was sentenced to spend 10-plus years in prison, three years of supervised release and pay $8 million in restitution for defrauding the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market of more than $7.8 million.
DroneUp, LLC, a leading global provider of drone technology and services, and Walmart announced the first multi-site commercial drone delivery operations.
The American Transportation Research Institute today released the findings of its 2021 update to An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking.
FullTilt Marketing, a firm focused on agriculture, fresh produce and specialty food industries recently expanded the team welcoming Kari Fox as the new creative director and Dan Kaho as senior project manager.
Through an anonymous survey, researchers are seeking a better understanding of current cleaning and sanitation methods used on blueberry harvest containers and machine harvesters.
Lori Taylor and THE PRODUCE MOMS® continue to promote the messages and missions of the produce industry.
When NZ based fruit tech innovator, Hectre, launched their early fruit sizing tool Spectre to the apple industry in 2020, little did they know the volume of use cases fruit growers and packers would identify.