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Tasti-Lee Tomatoes are now available as a grape tomato snacking variety, marketed as Tasti-Wees.
Bidding is now open for the United Fresh Start Foundation’s Bids for Kids Auction.
The American Heart Association’s Heart-Check can now be used on all 10 varieties of Northwest pears with the USA Pears brand.
California citrus growers saw the coldest temperatures of the season as the new year started, but preparations staved off any damage that would have occurred.
Jerry Twinam has created a patented process that preserves fresh peeled and cut potatoes for at least 35 days when the product is refrigerated.
Josh Mitchell has been hired as vice president of business development and sales at Inteligistics.
Michigan Apple grower-shipper Riveridge Produce Marketing Inc. has acquired the sales operation of Jack Brown Produce.
With its Small-Bite Campaign, Tasteful Selections is thinking small, but going big.
A new Michigan company, Applewood Fresh Growers LLC, Sparta, is shipping Michigan apples.
On Shelf Marketing Group, aka OSMG, has hired Woody Norris as executive vice president of business development.
Fresh apple shippers on Jan. 1 had almost 92 million bushels (42 pounds) in fresh and controlled-atmosphere storage, a 16% drop than at the same time in early 2018.
New Jersey vegetable producer James Abma Jr., Wyckoff, is New Jersey’s 2019 Outstanding Young Farmer.
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Total Quality Logistics has provided more than $80,000 in grants to nonprofit groups this year.
Gleaning produce for charitable organizations is one of several ways that employees of NatureFresh Farms gave to charities in Ontario, Canada, and Ohio, where it has production.
With the Safe Food for Canadians Act and the Safe Food for Canadian Regulations going into effect in January, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has published an overview of requirements for fresh fruit and vegetables.
Looking at the evolution of consumer demand and growing organic supply, industry veteran Steve Lutz will deliver a keynote address Feb. 1 at the Global Organic Produce Expo in Hollywood, Fla.
Samuel Strock, long-time president of Chelsea, Mass.-based S. Strock & Co., died Dec. 5.
Government agencies are still investigating a California e.coli outbreak. Nearly 60 people became ill across the country after eating romaine lettuce.
With no new cases since mid-November, the E. coli outbreak in Canada appears to be over, and a federal health agency is no longer advising Canadians in affected areas to avoid eating romaine.
Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh has been elected to a third consecutive one-year term as chairwoman of the Manatee County Port Authority.
Shuman Produce, grower-shipper of Vidalias and other onions year-round, is rebranding, with a new trade name of Shuman Farms, and has numerous personnel changes, primarily in sales and marketing.
More than 10,000 shoppers voted for the 2019 Best New Product Awards, and the two fresh items on the list both belong to Aldi.
As “Captain Marvel” arrives in movie theaters March 8, Dole is celebrating off-screen female “superheroes” as well with its Powering the Hero Within campaign.
The National Watermelon Promotion Board is seeking nominations for growers and handlers to service on the board.
Earl’s Organic Produce, San Francisco, has added Shannon Waldron to its buying team.
D’Arrigo Bros. of California is getting animated.
After more than 60 years, the International Organization of Citrus Virologists conference is returning to Riverside, Calif., in connection with the International Research Conference on Huanglongbing.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Whether shoppers prefer bulk or packaged fruits and vegetables often depends on age, gender and other factors, according to the newest Power of Produce report from the Food Marketing Institute.
Wenatchee, Wash-based Keyes Packaging Group has hired Suzanne Wolter as vice president of sales and marketing.
The Produce Marketing Association is featuring former astronaut Jose Hernandez at a Fresh Connections: Mexico event.