Opinion
I raise a salute to Bob Dole, the former U.S. Senator from Kansas who died Dec. 5 at 98 years old.
The Packer received this letter to the editor from the Canadian Horticultural Council and the Canadian Potato Council in response to a recent opinion article.
Every decent story, and likewise many lessons begin with: Once upon a time…
Editor’s note: The following editorial, written by former Washington, D.C., editor and columnist Larry Waterfield, first appeared in The Packer in 1989. It has appeared in every Christmas edition since then.
I had the honor of being on Farm Journal’s AgriTalk today with host Chip Flory.
More than 100,000 people have dropped comments in the Federal Register document that spells out the Biden administration’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: Emergency Temporary Standard.
I was nibbling on the last of some Christmas cookies when Russ T. Blade appeared from behind my Rudolph-reindeer coffee mug.
From the Garden of Eden to today’s refrigerator fruit drawer, the good old apple is a consistent heavyweight in the produce department.
No need to quibble; all fruits and vegetables should qualify for “healthy” labeling.
What is the most buzzworthy variety of fruit or vegetable that you have experienced/seen in the last year? What makes it special?
Everyone’s time is valuable. You never want to go into a meeting flatfooted.
Greenhouses for lettuce and leafy greens are being built at a rapid pace across the U.S. In contrast, in neighboring Mexico there is no similar greenhouse production and in Canada there is very little.
Should retail buyers or the USDA build in sustainability requirements in their contracts with suppliers?
I remember vividly where I was on Sept. 15, 2006, when the Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory warning consumers not to eat spinach.
Someone told you to find a television, and you stared in disbelief. You were shocked, bewildered. You stood in terrible awe. A gaping hole, billowing smoke, chaos.
Fall is all about the harvest bounty — bubbling hot jonathan apple pies adorned with sugary laced lattice tops, jack-o-lantern pumpkins, ornamental gourds, sweet fall grapes, hard squash and crunchy apples.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just reported another sad fact about obesity.
As the industry waits for the new “normal” in the world and in the fresh produce business, one can’t but help wonder about the soon-coming merger of the Produce Marketing Association and United Fresh.
The lack of in-person produce expos leaves marketers with one fewer tool in their toolbox.
Customers never like selecting what they consider is leftovers, even if what’s available is pristine.
The lack of an in-person Fresh Summit is a big loss for fresh produce marketers.
Occasionally a store manager would call for assistance, usually after their produce department’s gross profit turned out low, and the shrink figure high. They wanted a fix. Right away.
These are not the good old days. At least, let’s hope not.
Throughout history, a common measurement of human progress is our capacity to reduce human suffering, wherever it exists.
Single-use packaging is subject to volatile raw material sourcing, commodity markets, and manufacturing capacities.
Truck rates continue to push higher, U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show.
This time of year, there are multiple versions of “top food trends” stories for 2022. And why not? The future is always a more alluring topic than the gritty present.
After nearly two years of working with and through the COVID-19 pandemic, like others in agriculture, mushroom growers faced increased challenges the last quarter of 2021.