Remembering the days: top stories of September 2019

Previous posts in Fresh Talk have looked at top stories from January through August, this post will consider the top stories published by The Packer in September.

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Previous posts in Fresh Talk have looked at top stories from January through August,

Here are those posts:
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

For September, here are the top stories in The Packer that grabbed readers this year:

Potatoes USA drops culinary group, asks other ag groups to follow

Organic price premiums slip sliding, Rabobank report says

New tomato suspension agreement signed

USDA sanctions four businesses for PACA violations

FDA official promises new era of food safety

U.S. Department of Labor issues final rule to modernize H-2A program

California stone fruit companies Gerawan, Wawona merge

USMCA is a ‘bad deal,’ says Florida Commissioner of Agriculture

The Wonderful Co. owners pledge $750 million for sustainability

Large lemons create issues for Limoneira

Walmart to introduce ‘Produce 2.0’ later this month

From the consumer media, top fruit and vegetable stories in September....

Bringing fresh produce to LA’s corner stores alone won’t solve food inequality. But it’s a start.

Fruit, vegetables and wine will be scarce and costly under no-deal Brexit, warn retailers

This Is Why The U.S. Is Failing To Tackle Childhood Obesity

Whole Foods Market Research: Millennials Like To Pay More

Tomato, pepper prices could spike from seed import restrictions

What Do You Really Get When You Buy Organic?

New York City Is Giving Out Prescriptions For Free Fruits And Vegetables

Milk, fruits and vegetables distributed to schoolchildren thanks to EU programme

SUBWAY WANTS YOU TO ‘ADOPT’ AN UGLY VEGGIE TO HELP FEEDING AMERICA

Study: ‘Humanizing’ Unattractive Fruits & Vegetables May Solve Food Waste Problem

As New York Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Struggle With Produce-Pricing Crisis, Gillibrand Calls on USDA to Investigate Why Prices Paid to Farmers Aren’t Keeping Up With the Market

Check out the Google Trends analysis of fruit and vegetable searches in September:

Category: All categories
fruits and vegetables: (01/09/2019 - 30/09/2019, United States)

TOP

  • Fruit
  • Vegetable
  • Eating
  • Food
  • Health
  • Diet
  • Plants
  • Meat
  • Carbohydrate
  • Autumn
  • Organic food
  • Vitamin
  • Nutrition
  • Protein
  • Glycemic index
  • Dietary fiber
  • Fat
  • Calorie
  • Produce
  • Antioxidant
  • Bean
  • Dairy product
  • Sugar
  • Potato
  • Energy

RISING

  • Bean
  • Grain
  • Protein
  • Vitamin C
  • Whole grain
  • Squash
  • Dragon
  • High-protein diet
  • Taste
  • Starch
  • Banana
  • Phytochemical
  • Gardening
  • Vinegar
  • Food group
  • Alkaline diet
  • Digestion
  • Amino acid
  • Health insurance
  • Sweet potato
  • Constipation
  • Spinach
  • Meat
  • Antioxidant
  • Dairy product
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