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The brand is currently offering organic mini watermelons, organic cantaloupe and organic honeydew melons from Mexico and California to its East Coast customers.
Along with Mountain View Fruit Sales expanding its table grape portfolio, owner Mike Thurlow is projecting 2023 to be a vintage grape season.
Joli apples, which global consumers will be able to enjoy from 2028 onwards, are the result of over 10 years of innovation, the company said.
The countdown is on for Organic Produce Summit 2023, which organizers say is on track to be the largest in the event’s history and is slated to include several new additions to the two-day gathering.
Strawberry consumption continues to surge, according to data from the USDA.
The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance has endorsed legislation that it says addresses several key priorities in the 2023 farm bill.
The company has earned an award for its reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and has been shortlisted for another honor for its Del Monte Zero pineapple.
Despite a stretch of abnormally dry weather this summer, high-quality product and average yields are anticipated for Wisconsin potatoes.
Customized California avocado retail programs will continue through Labor Day, says Terry Splane, vice president of marketing for the California Avocado Commission.
The agtech company is celebrating 20 years of postharvest innovation through its ripening management solution, SmartFresh.
Fresh Innovations/Yo Quiero! Brands has been in the avocado and dip industry for almost 25 years, and the innovations continue.
Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams has announced his support for Project FoodBox.
Lineage Logistics has released its inaugural Sustainability Report.
Fresh Avocados — Love One Today, a science-based resource founded by the Hass Avocado Board, is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
The Wenatchee, Wash.-based grower-packer-shipper of tree fruit collaborated with Eastmont High School on the transition to work program that provides education and training to young people with disabilities.
Avocado fans will have something extra to celebrate this National Avocado Day, July 31, as Chipotle Mexican Grill and Avocados from Peru have partnered to offer Chipotle Rewards members free guacamole.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce has announced the appointment of Sean Bagheri to commercial director of Mission Produce Europe.
What’s on tap for this year’s The Foodservice Conference? To find out, The Packer recently connected with Joe Watson, vice president of retail, foodservice and wholesale for International Fresh Produce Association.
5W Public Relations will work with growers, brands and industry associations across the farming and growing space, including producers of products delivered fresh to consumers as well as prepackaged and dry goods.
The California grower is harvesting heritage organic grapes as well as Thomcord and Kyoho varieties from July until October.
Pam Durrence Dasher, a farmer, businesswoman and Vidalia sweet onion pioneer, died July 24 at age 79.
The New England Produce Council’s Produce, Floral & Foodservice Expo is officially Aug. 21-22, but everything happens within 24 hours.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce Inc. plans to educate attendees on the value avocados bring to menus at the International Fresh Produce Association Foodservice Conference.
Dole Food Co. is calling upon its top banana and pineapple to help families jump back into the back-to-school routine in the most fun way ever.
The USDA has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Federation of American Scientists to establish a new Food Supply Chain Impact Fellowship.
Food prices also are expected to continue to decelerate but not decline in 2024, according to a new USDA report.
The program is open to farmworkers not in a management or administrative role who work in farm labor or production. They must have worked in fresh produce for at least two years and embody values that “Grow the Good.”
In their first year of collaboration, the Landover, Md.-based grocer and West Concord, Mass.-based impact tech company have mitigated nearly 1,400 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
Sev-Rend has named Mark Hoppenjans its new national sales manager and sustainability lead.
During the transition from summer to fall, the California and Peru avocado seasons typically wind down while Mexico’s Flor Loca season ramps up.