The last installment of our month-to-month review of the top produce stories of 2019 is at hand.
Find the links to all the previous posts at this link.
For the just-concluded month of December, here are The Packer’s top online stories based on readership statistics:
Three E. coli outbreaks have a Salinas romaine grower in common
Egg triggers Cece’s brand ramen recall from Veggie Noodle Co.
2020 Presidential election poll
House passes farm labor bill; industry shifts focus to Senate
UPDATED: Hepatitis A outbreak linked to blackberries count increases
Walmart raises expectations following strong second quarter
UPDATED: E. coli outbreak numbers grow while investigation continues
The Packer’s top 5 commodities of 2019
Final compliance deadline nears for ELD mandate
Produce suppliers face new food safety requirements in Canada
As is my practice, I am listing top consumer press coverage of the industry in December:
Supermarkets pick fruits and vegetables for healthy growth
New estimates show that U.S. population growth continues to slow
Using Dynamic Pricing To Take On Food Instability
University of Maryland researchers testing potential vaccine for E. coli, Shigella
Over 2 Dozen School-Aged Children In Delaware Sickened In Salmonella Outbreak
How the Kiwi Queen Transformed America’s Supermarkets
California population growth slowest since 1900 as residents leave, immigration decelerates
Dollar General isn’t doing enough to bring healthy food to low-income Americans
Gotham Greens, Little Leaf Farms Growing With Hydroponics
AUGMENTED RETAIL: THE NEW CONSUMER REALITY
Chartwells K12 gives a mental health-boosting menu a try
Hydroponic farms wave of the future?
Government moves to ban plastic fruit stickers, cutlery, and cotton buds
Turning Farm Workers Into Farmers
Here are Google Trends search box results for “fruits and vegetables” in December:
Category: All categories
fruits and vegetables: (01/12/2019 - 31/12/2019, United States)
TOP
- Fruit
- Vegetable
- Eating
- Food
- Health
- Diet
- Produce
- Dietary fiber
- Vitamin
- Serving size
- Ketogenic diet
- Dairy product
- Carbohydrate
- Protein
- Hamster
- Seed
- Orange
- Nutrition
- Organic food
- MyPlate
- Vegetarianism
- Calorie
- Vitamin A
- Meal
- Can
RISING
- Seed
- MyPlate
- Calorie
- Vitamin A
- Meal
- Can
- Old age
- Human hair growth
- Glycemic index
- Chemical substance
- Peel
- Bone
- Bell pepper
- Egg
- Immune system
- Plan
- Hamster
- Nutrition
- Vegetarianism
- Ketogenic diet
- Dietary fiber
- Produce
- Orange
- Dairy product
- Health


