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With more than 2,000 attendees from nearly 40 countries registered days before the show, expectations are high for the July 20-24 Produce Marketing Association’s Foodservice: Delivered virtual event.
Companies have their own definition of what “local produce” means, but the consensus is the closer the better.
The Food and Drug Administration’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety and corresponding “blueprint” that guides the process are not a quick fix to outbreaks that led regulators to seek new answers.
The Food Marketing Institute’s 2020 Power of Produce Report found that 54% of shoppers said they would like to see a greater assortment of locally grown produce at their primary store.
Side Delights is promoting immunity-boosting properties of potatoes.
(CORRECTED) Naturipe Farms, Salinas, Calif., has value-added blueberry foodservice packs that promise contact-free production in the kitchen, longer shelf life and other benefits.
Recent cauliflower news and insights brought to you by The Packer and Produce Market Guide.
A number of online events are scheduled around the continuing COVID-19 crises, designed to educate and in one case, to celebrate the end of a harvest in what has been very unorthodox circumstances.
School foodservice has been re-imagined after the COVID-19 crisis sent kids home for distance learning.
To anyone outside the produce world, marketing fruits and vegetables in retail may seem like a quiet, even easy line of work.
There’s something about an abundantly stocked produce department.
Los Angeles-based Progressive Produce is expanding its year-round Hollywood Fries program.
The United Fresh Produce Association is seeking applications for 2020 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarships.
Check out all the recent cherry news you can find on The Packer and Produce Market Guide.
Federal and state government programs keep encouraging the local agricultural economy, especially since COVID-19 pandemic shut-downs disrupted the market.
Small growers can find new markets by implementing food safety practices, a new study from Cornell University reveals.
Every new day will bring a bit more diversity to employers because of changing demographics in the U.S., but building inclusion in the workplace takes intention, speakers said during a PMA Virtual Town Hall on diversity.
The Consumer Goods Forum, a global group of retailers and marketers that created the Global Food Safety Initiative, has a new initiative to create a benchmark for sustainability audits.
Monterey County’s top four most valuable crops remained unchanged from 2018 to 2019, led by leaf lettuce, which saw an increase of almost 15%, boosted by better pricing for romaine.
The U.S. Apple Association is adding one-on-one virtual meetings leading up to Outlook 2020, its virtual show in August.
Joe Millman has joined I Love Produce’s marketing team.
Texas A&M researchers have created a coating that battles cross-contamination of produce. Researchers say that the coating can be applied to surfaces like conveyor belts and collection buckets.
The North Olympic Development Council in Washington has gathered locally raised funds to create the Olympic Peninsula Farmers Fund.
Richard “Dick” Allen Symms, who led and grew the family business, Symms Fruit Ranch, Caldwell, Idaho, died July 13. He was 84.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative’s Office has named five members to the U.S. Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables.
Dave Puglia, president and CEO of Western Growers, has been appointed to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee.
Football fans bought more than 66.6 million avocados leading into the Super Bowl this year, according to the Hass Avocado Board, which breaks down sales for holidays and events for each sales quarter.
Agricultural Capital (AC) has restructured and added new leadership to prepare for rapid growth, according to the company.
Churches, corporations, restaurants, schools, and practically every American institution have been challenged by the coronavirus.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on Coram Deo Farms Inc., Tubac, Ariz., pulling its Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act license.