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The USDA has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under PACA.
The USDA has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under PACA.
The USDA has imposed sanctions on Rain Forest Produce Inc. (Rain Forest), Los Angeles, Calif., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
On January 1, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will open the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) application portal for fiscal year (FY) 2023.
The most recent episode of Voices of the Valley explores global water management innovation with Ethy Levy, Israel CEO and Founder of Bridge Hub.
International grower and year-round marketer of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, Wish Farms, is proud to announce the fifth berry to its lineup: Pink-A-Boo Pineberries.
Tanimura & Antle is pleased to announce that 46 employee-owners have been inducted to its long-standing and honored 20 Year Club this year.
Botta Packaging, Italy, is launching a free and simple online LCA tool to encourage more companies to use Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) as part of their wider sustainability programs.
The mission-aligned brands are introducing a fresh idea for the produce aisle: salad kits featuring sustainably farmed greens paired with creamy, plant-based hummus, guacamole and whole grains.
For Mexican-sourced avocados, the big game is now … and next week, and the week after, until the official game that’s, ahem, super important.
The Government of Netherlands has asked the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize onion imports (Allium cepa) for consumption into the U.S. under a preclearance program.
It is not your grandparents’ apple marketing job.
Duncan Family Farms, a family-owned, multi-regional grower of certified organic and sustainably grown produce, has announced the acquisition of Pedersen Farms, according to a news release.
Truck rates are at historic highs for the produce industry, and that reality presents challenges to apple marketers in the Northwest and other regions.
Yiannis Ampatzidis, a UF/IFAS associate professor of ag and bioengineering at the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center developed a smart sprayer to help more efficiently apply pesticides and fertilizer
The NJEDA releases draft list of New Jersey’s 50 designated Food Desert Communities for public input
Over the next several years, up to $240 million in funding through the Food Desert Relief Act, part of the ERA signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy in January 2021, will be available to the designated communities.
The Jones Family is ringing in 2022 celebrating a 60-year anniversary for Bobalu Berries. The first annual Bobalu Berry Farms Scholarship Program will be launched in time for 2022 graduating high school seniors to apply.
Schnuck Markets, Inc. announced Tom Henry, the company’s Chief Data Officer and Deputy Chief Information Officer since May 2021, has been promoted to serve on the company’s Strategy Team.
Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers is focused on year-round supply for its partners, said Dan Davis, director of business development for the Wenatchee, Wash.-based marketer.
Hudson River Fruit Distributors is actively marketing SnapDragon, RubyFrost and EverCrisp apples in 2022, said Alisha Albinder Camac, owner and operator of the Milton, N.Y-based apple marketer.
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics announces further growth of its national footprint with the acquisition of EHS Trucking and EHS Truck & Trailer. Going forward the companies will be known as EHS LogisticSolutions.
ANAHEIM, Calif. – As hard as it is to achieve, the bipartisan effort of Congress is the only way forward to meaningful farm labor reform.
Wonderful Pistachios kicks-off the Ultimate Instagram Giveaway and, in honor of the 56th Big Game, partners with Alto Rideshare Company to offer 56% off all rides around Los Angeles over game day weekend.
Superfresh Growers will have organic and conventional Honeycrisp and gala variety apples through the summer, said Cat Gipe-Stewart, communication manager for Domex Superfresh Growers, Yakima, Wash.
Using a grant of more than $900,000, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) is looking to invest in global markets to promote U.S. organic products.
Food recall warning: Certain Dole and President’s Choice brand salad products recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes
Farm Credit helps fund three exhibits at Museum of Science and Curiosity that demonstrate why farms need water and how farmers are conserving this precious resource.
SnapDragon and RubyFrost both saw their largest crops yet in 2021, and the shorter crop other varieties have experienced is providing those two varieties opportunities to get in front of new consumers.
The president of Tom Lange Co. Inc. will now add CEO to his job title at the St. Louis, Mo.-based, employee-owned produce company.
California table grape growers are looking to mechanize and automate operational functions, with the goals of reduced costs and increased efficiency of vineyard operations.