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Of course, it’s not just consumer groups that are frustrated with the lack of traceback success with the Yuma-E. coli-romaine lettuce connection.
Attendees to the United Fresh Produce Association Expo are invited to connect with dozens of school foodservice buyers at the Fresh Festival for School Foodservice on Tuesday, June 26 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
German-based plant breeding company KWS has updated its January offer to buy Bayer AG’s vegetable seed business.
Potatoes USA has hired Kayla Dome as global marketing manager for the group’s retail sector.
Catch up on late season developments with a bunch of berry companies from around North America.
The California Table Grape Commission is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a pair of web seminars scheduled to take companies through the steps of becoming an approved USDA Foods vendor.
Northwest pear growers are starting the season with an estimated 20.2 million 44-pound box equivalents, which is the fourth-largest crop in history.
With a season hampered by heat, wind and fire, California avocado growers have been challenged.
The new Kwik Lok 912, combined with Matthews Marking Systems eSolarMark Fiber laser-coding system, allows new capabilities to include information and graphics on closures.
Freight brokerage Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, has received the “Best in Cargo Security” award for cargo theft prevention efforts.
Giving his outlook on the next few months in Washington D.C., Robert Guenther, senior vice president of public policy for the United Fresh Produce Association, talks with Tom Karst, editor of The Packer, on Aug. 14
(UPDATED, Aug. 16) The California lemon market isn’t backing down from $50 cartons in mid-August, and tight supplies could exist well into September and even October.
Sakata Seed American, Morgan Hill, Calif., has sold its onion breeding program to Cape Town, South Africa-based Zaad Holdings Ltd.
The Food and Drug Administration is urging the produce industry and various organizations studying how E. coli came into contact with romaine grown in Yuma, Ariz., to continue working with the agency on the issue.
HMC Farms, Kingsburg, Calif., has expanded a program designed to increase consumption among school children.
On Aug 10, Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda’s Specialty Produce will celebrate the 95th birthday of its legendary founder Frieda Rapoport Caplan.
Washington apple marketers are forecasting a fresh crop of 131 million 40-pound boxes in the 2018-19 season, a 2% drop from the previous crop of 134 million boxes.
Importers report good volume and quality for Peruvian asparagus, with interest expected to tick up as production in numerous other regions finishes up.
Tanimura & Antle, Salinas, Calif., has hired Don Klusendorf as executive vice president of sales and marketing.
Oviedo, Fla.-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods is encouraging Fresh Summit attendees to share legacy stories and goals at their Fresh Summit booth — and support the Salad Bars to Schools program.
California’s Citrus Research Board has brought on Franco Bernardi as its interim president.
Honeybear Brands is set for a big splash at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Oct. 19-20 in Orlando, Fla.
Pleasant Prairie, Wis.-based Good Foods has introduced a plant-based dip line featuring five new products.
An oil painting of produce industry legend Frieda Rapoport Caplan will be displayed at the Ball Design booth the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Oct. 19-20, in Orlando, Fla.
With just two shipping weekends before Halloween, there is an abundant amount of pumpkins to be sold.
Preliminary losses to Georgia’s fall vegetable crops from Hurricane Michael have been estimated at $230 to $300 million by agricultural specialists at the University of Georgia.
Dole Food Co., Westlake Village, Calif., has unveiled a new logo and brand identity for all company products, including salads and other items from Dole Fresh Vegetables.
House and Senate farm bill conference committee members can’t agree on proposed reforms to the food stamp program, and the clock is ticking on getting the legislation passed this year.
Perception is reality and a new survey from food and marketing agency Charleston Orwig found that more than a quarter of consumers said they do not trust the vigilance of the food industry’s safety efforts.