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Family-owned and operated since 1925, Canadian Fruit & Produce Company has played an important role in providing their community with the best quality products at exceptionally low prices; all year round.
For Delano, Calif.-based Wonderful Citrus, the California mandarin season kicks off in November when Wonderful Halos return to stores, said Dave Rooke, senior vice president of sales.
Hazel Technologies, Inc. announces the launch of its upcoming virtual Grape Quality Summit.
With the harvest of the 2021 crop, American Pistachio Growers has set the details of a virtual harvest tour and a live chef cook-along to showcase pistachios as a versatile, nutritious and healthy ingredient.
California citrus production will take a step back in the 2021-22 season, government reports indicate.
Watch an interview by The Packer’s editor Tom Karst and retail editor Amy Sowder with Paul Lightfoot, founder of BrightFarms and the CEA Food Safety Coalition on what he calls “negative foods.”
Equitable Food Initiative announces the formation of its leadership team advisory group as a standing committee of EFI’s board of directors.
While the majority of fresh produce is bought in-store, online shopping carts are filling up with more and more fresh produce too, but there’s a lot of room for improvement.
This October marks not only the start of Starr Ranch Growers Harvest Season but also brings the announcement of the retirement of long time Director of Marketing, Scott Marboe.
Dwight Ferguson will be the last Produce Marketing Association chairman — ever.
Meal kits are growing in popularity, with national sales predicted to increase from $4.6 billion in 2017 to $11.6 billion in 2022.
Los Angeles-based Pom Wonderful, part of The Wondeful Co., launched a social media contest to support local bars impacted by COVID-19 pandemic closures.
With the help of an experienced North American banana industry leader, the Ecuadorian banana company Favorita is looking to expand in the U.S. market.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that California, Florida, Utah and Wisconsin have entered into domestic mutual reliance agreements with the agency.
The current drought in California is forcing growers to take a hard look at their permanent plantings such as citrus trees, says Matt Dusi, analyst for Wells Fargo Commercial Banking.
For the California citrus industry, COVID-19 and the severe Western drought have resulted in staggering increases in farming and production costs for growers.
To learn more about what D’Arrigo CA is doing to advance breast cancer research tune in on Thursday, October 14th at 11:30am PST to be part of a Zoom webinar to hear directly from BCRF experts.
Morning Kiss Organic and parent company Arrowfarms are committed to finding sustainable packaging options and reducing the amount of plastic that sits in landfills.
In this episode, Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, president and CEO of Produce for a Better Health, speaks about shifting the focus beyond produce sales to consumption.
The playing field for U.S. fruit growers and other businesses exporting to China remains titled against them, President Biden believes.
The Hass Avocado Board is partnering with AltaMed Health Services to offer communities in Southern California bilingual resources to help fight against type 2 diabetes.
USDA’s Marketing and Regulatory Programs Under Secretary Jenny Lester Moffitt today announced funding of $1.73 million for nine projects to improve the oversight capacity of the organic industry.
JBT Corporation announces European expansion with a brand new facility under its Diversified Food and Health group in Fortuna, Spain, a city in the country’s Murcia region.
The Center for Growing Talent by the PMA, in partnership with Frieda’s owners, awarded the winner of the Frieda Rapoport Caplan Women’s Fresh Perspectives Scholarship to Melanny Gomez Cruz of Four Seasons Produce.
The severe drought is contributing to what could be a decline in output for California citrus in 2021-22, industry leaders say.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council and North American Blueberry Council have appointed Leslie Wada, Ph.D., RD, a longtime research consultant for the council, as senior director of nutrition and health research.
Downers Grove, Ill.-based Fresh Thyme Market has announced Jane Wilcox as the store director of the new store opening at City Foundry in St. Louis, Mo., later this year.
In September, the nine-member Colombia Avocado Board (CAB) elected four new officers to Board of Directors, serving a two-year term from 2021 through 2023.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today an investment of more than $146 million in sustainable agricultural research projects aimed at improving a robust, resilient, climate-smart food and agricultural system.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is rolling out a new insurance option specifically for agricultural producers with small farms who sell locally.