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The Los Angeles-based marketing agency with scores of high-profile produce industry clients, celebrates a milestone.
GRAPEVINE, Texas - Pharr, Texas-based Spring Valley Fruit is developing new guava varieties and offering innovative compostable packaging, said Alberto Diaz, managing director.
In this time of rising food inflation, Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt says produce suppliers need to focus on how to drive apple sales at retail.
It’s been said that potatoes and onions are the nuts and bolts of the produce department. Looking at prices at Walmart, these two core commodities have seen price spikes from mid-January to mid-April.
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Sunrise Fla.-based Delina Fresh is selectively using more air freight options to combat port delays for ocean shipments of exotic produce bound for the U.S.
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Getting great lettuce closer to consumers is the main goal of Kalera, said Marc Jennings, senior vice president of foodservice sales for vertical farm operator Kalera, Orlando, Fla.
GRAPEVINE, Texas – With avocado prices running about double the same time last year, avocado marketers and buyers have to navigate tight availability this spring.
Ten Acre Marketing hired marketing veteran Angela Sommers. Most recently, Angela was the director of marketing and communications for BelleHarvest, where she led marketing efforts for the sales organization.
South Carolina and North Carolina are a powerful one-two punch for U.S. watermelon availability.
Part of that hard-won dominance is due to the state’s perfect combination of soils and temperatures that sweet potatoes need, says the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Strong retail relationships are the bedrock of Hy-Vee’s produce department.
The Packer’s 13th annual Women in Produce issue honors eight industry leaders, like Raquel Espinoza, who play pivotal roles in the success of their own organizations, as well as the produce industry as a whole.
Value-added salad leader Fresh Express has contributed $500,000 to Center for Produce Safety’s current capital campaign to fund fresh produce food-safety research, according to a news release.
Paper prices just went up 14% for the packaging industry, the first increase of 2022, and the increases aren’t over yet, one paper industry executive believes.
Accelerating the adoption of regenerative agriculture through automation, Bolthouse Farms is beginning to adopt regenerative practices on its farms with autonomous tractors.
The company releases a dozen original salad recipes linked to the specific astrological personalities of the 12 Zodiac signs.
The availability of avocados in the U.S. has tripled in about 15 years, and Rabobank analysts say there is still room for growth.
For a second year, the Cincinnati, Ohio-based grocer invites local and regional growers and producers to apply for annual accelerator program.
California Giant Berry Farms is forecasting large volumes of organic and conventionally grown strawberries in May. The company said its grower partners are on track to deliver peak promotable volumes of strawberries.
“We work hard, and we play hard. We wanted to have a little fun,” said Blake Belknap, vice president of sales for Rainier Fruit.
St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M Food Safety has been named a 2022 Edison Awards gold winner in the Commercial Technology category for its 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced.
Naio Technologies Orio was demonstrated at the launch of Fira U.S.A. in Fresno, Calif. in early April. The ag robotics competition will be held in Fresno Oct. 18 – 20, 2022.
The New York apple crop outlook is positive in early May, and new technology in the fields is helping estimate its potential, one major shipper reports.
Just like you thought, blueberries are good for you.
The California ag industry has lost $2.1 billion in exports between May and September 2021, a letter to 13 major shipping carriers from two California Senators said. It urged these companies to ship stalled products.
The global ag robot market is set to explode over the next eight years. Many factors are contributing to the expected growth of the market, including government subsidies, labor pressure and other drivers.
North Carolina’s potato growers will deliver big volume of fresh and chipping potatoes this summer for a relatively short marketing period.
The Packer’s 13th annual Women in Produce issue honors eight industry leaders, like Hollee Alexander, who play pivotal roles in the success of their own organizations, as well as the produce industry as a whole.
To put the magnitude of North Carolina’s sweet potato crop in context, picture more than 13,000 refrigerated truckloads lining up to distribute the crop all across the U.S.
Denver-based Potatoes USA has announced that nominations are now open for new board members for the 2023-2026 term.