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The United Fresh Produce Association is offering two traceability web seminars.
North Carolina sweet potatoes have achieved superfood status as more and more people around the world discover their sweet, nutrition-packed flavor.
Effective Oct. 7, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will require that romaine lettuce from California’s Salinas Valley be tested for E. coli.
If the mission is greatness, then a few minutes spent in creative thought is a prudent investment.
Onion grower-shipper Shuman Farms, Reidsville, Ga., is embracing the virtual platform that’s presenting the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
For two years, Shreela Sharma’s team followed families at six schools that had the Brighter Bites free produce and nutrition education program and six schools that didn’t.
The Texas International Produce Association’s Viva Fresh Expo, cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be a hybrid in-person and virtual event.
The Pear Bureau Northwest is celebrating National Pizza Month (October) by bringing back the pear pizza campaign.
The Women’s Catalyst Award, which honors an individual’s support for women in the industry, has been renamed the Frieda Rapoport Caplan Women’s Catalyst Award.
Chiquita Brands International is giving its iconic blue banana sticker a pink makeover in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is October.
Video: Marc Oshima of Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms shares his roots, trajectory and goals across the produce industry.
Data-driven marketing can help blueberries land in shopping carts more often.
Getting started with sustainability initiatives and consumer education is the first step toward building consumer trust about the process.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Fresh Produce Inc. for alleged Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act violations resulting in almost $375,000 in unpaid bills.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has determined that Jimmy W. Hutton is not liable in a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act case.
Business generally remains strong in the St. Louis, Mo., market, with the COVID-19 pandemic having varying effects on sales at area produce distributors.
West Pak Avocado, Murrieta, Calif., has a new segment in the Avo Effect campaign.
Episode 16 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features an interview with Robert Guenther, senior vice president of public policy at United Fresh, about the organization’s recent virtual Washington Conference.
Jose Antonio Martinez, chief operating officer and general manager of Divine Flavor, Nogales, Ariz., is the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas’ 2020 Member of the Year.
Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. has on online ordering service in Dallas with same-day service, offering more than 200 stock-keeping units to residents in the area.
The California Agriculture Leadership Foundation (CALF) has hired Dwight Ferguson as CEO and Abby Taylor-Silva as executive vice president.
Don Limón, a Germany-based grower-packer-importer, has launched a recruitment campaign to find people to work as traders for the company through its platform.
Produce sales to foodservice operators have dipped significantly in the St. Louis market as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Distributors know that any resurgence won’t happen overnight.
Since April 1, Produce Marketing Association members have been coming together nearly every Wednesday at noon for a Virtual Town Hall meeting.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has closed its investigation into a Salmonella Newport outbreak that was traced to red onions from Thomson International Inc., Bakersfield, Calif.
More than a dozen companies that supply produce in the U.S. have joined the 10x20x30 initiative, in which a group of 10-plus retailers have at least 20 suppliers who pledge to cut foot loss and waste in half by 2030.
Verdant Technologies, St. Paul, Minn., has patented HarvestHold, a new take on 1-MCP products that keep the produce and flowers fresher by inhibiting natural ethylene that triggers the ripening process.
The Food and Drug Administration is scheduling three day-long virtual meetings on its proposed rule to increase traceability requirements on fresh produce and other foods.
Leamington, Ontario-based Nature Fresh Farms will plant one tree for every social media post featuring the firm’s sustainability messaging.
As Florida’s fall harvest season begins, there are new efforts to provide COVID-19 testing for farmworkers.