With this post, we are halfway through the year in reviewing some of the top fruit and vegetable news, both for The Packer and for the consumer press.
Previous posts have considered January, February, March, April and May.
With some foodborne illness outbreak-related news and crop outlook stories, here is a list of some of the top performers for The Packer in June 2019:
UPDATED: FDA links Mexican papaya to outbreak, asks for halt to sales
Guess what vegetable is tops in Green Giant poll
Driscoll’s Rosé and Sweetest Batch brands offer unique berries
Wayne Bailey Produce named in $8.1 million PACA complaint
Celery’s jaw-dropping run showing signs of fatigue
Michigan apple industry expects a big crop
PACA: Southern Produce Distributors owes $3.49 million
Grimmway acquires Generation Farms
UPDATED: FDA links Mexican papaya to outbreak, asks for halt to sales
Late start for California grapes
The consumer media had several articles of note in June, particularly one that had quite a bit of run that said millions are dying because of a dearth of fruit and vegetable consumption. Here is that one and a few more...
Low fruit and vegetable intake may account for millions of deaths
How He Got 200,000 People to Buy Ugly Fruits and Vegetables
‘Nobel for food’ winner tells ailing world to eat more veg
A Time of Reckoning in the Central Valley
Men’s fertility irreversibly damaged by age of 18 thanks to Western junk food diet,
Study finds4 grocers that are turning stores into destinations
Trump could have tough time meeting his deportation threat
Dollar General is No. 1 retailer for opening stores this year
Food ‘farmacies,’ produce prescriptions gain lawmaker support
At Google Trends, here are the results of search box queries on “fruits and vegetables” in June, illustrated by a list with the top searches and a second list with the fastest rising searches.
Category: All categories
fruits and vegetables: (01/06/2019 - 30/06/2019, United States)
TOP
- Vegetable
- Fruit
- Eating
- Diet
- Vitamin
- Carbohydrate
- Protein
- Produce
- Weight loss
- Protein
- Diabetes
- Farmer
- Organic food
- Dietary fiber
- Meat
- Apple
- Low-carbohydrate diet
- Cause
- Ketogenic diet
- Vitamin D
- Farmers’ market
- List of culinary fruits
- Marketplace
- Smoothie
- Sodium
RISING
- Farmers’ market
- Smoothie
- Liver
- Amino acid
- Iron deficiency
- Chemical substance
- Essential amino acid
- Autumn
- Diabetes
- Vitamin D
- Protein
- Marketplace
- Sodium
- Immunity
- Glycemic index
- Humidity
- Cause
- Farmer
