Opinion
Amazon wants you to buy groceries online, and it seems they will succeed.
I was talking with a Wisconsin potato shipper the other day and he mentioned that he (and others, of course) can’t wait for the day of self-driving, autonomous trucks.
There’s a Chinese proverb: “When planning for a year, sow rice. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.”
Anyone who would put needles in strawberries is surely evil, or truly sick.
Kroger has named regional flavors, plant-based foods, eating styles, gut-healthy foods, and low sugar and natural sweeteners as the big trends for 2019.
Shipping point prices of romaine lettuce in December slid very low, from nearly $24 per carton early in the month to just $8 per carton late in the month.
Most of my friends are skeptical of digital assistants, marketed primarily now as Google Home Assistant and Amazon Echo (Alexa).
What is the relative importance of each state to the fresh produce industry?
There is no Dow Jones Average for produce, unfortunately, but the quest to measure the market persists.
How much is food choice based on a logical thought process versus an instinctual, “primal” desire?
Instead of going out to lunch for that quarter-pounder bacon burger, why not just pick the salad bar?
The urban legend of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx goes something to the effect that people or teams on the cover of the magazine subsequently experience bad luck.
Consumer expenditures on fruit and vegetables took a jump in 2017, but not as much as the percentage hike in overall spending on food.
The importance of traditional stone fruit has slid in California over the past 20 years.
How do exports of U.S. fresh vegetables compare with imports?
How does the average shopper experience your brand on her phone? That question should be a guide for your marketing efforts in the coming years.
What single development changed the fresh produce industry the most in the past 25 years?
As summer is peak season for produce volume and sales, it is also peak season for shrink.
Have you taken the Hitchcock Farms produce quiz?
A simple inquiry — what has happened to fresh tomato shipments during the last decade, especially relative to Florida and Mexico?
Traveling to Austin, Texas, on our way to South by Southwest, we understood we were in for an experience unlike any other industry outing.
We have a two-year-old grandson, which is a column topic in itself.
What is the value of U.S. Department of Agriculture destination inspections for the produce industry?
How long will uncertainty continue related to the E. coli and romaine investigation?
Who thought, ten years ago, that consumers would buy garden hoses and paint online?
A reworked North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico — or whatever name that President Trump wants to give the deal — is a positive sign for U.S. growers slammed by retaliatory tariffs.