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Gilroy, Calif.-based Christopher Ranch is raising money for elephant conservation through sales of Christopher Ranch Elephant Garlic.
Dave’s Specialty Imports Inc. has hired Tom Rawles as operations manager, focused on grower relations.
Securing adequate labor has been a challenge throughout the California produce industry in recent years, and the labor market tends to get even tighter during the summer.
See Fresh Trends data on the demographics of who’s buying apples in the U.S. market.
Pistachio and almond grower-processor Nichols Farms, Hanford, Calif., is expanding its marketing and sales due to increased supply and demand, and has hired two people in marketing and retail sales.
I am still getting some insightful responses to my recent question:
Shelf-life enhancement company Hazel Technologies has a new partnership with AMR Agro, a Dominican Republic green-skin avocado packer-exporter.
Santa Paula, Calif.-based Limoneira Co. has closed on a deal to buy a packinghouse and related assets of Oxnard Lemon Associates Ltd., Oxnard, Calif.
People magazine has listed Wegmans at No. 11 on its annual 50 Companies That Care ranking.
High temperatures in parts of California in July had no effect at all on berry growing areas, industry leaders said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an outbreak of Salmonella Adelaide linked to fresh-cut melons distributed by Caito Foods LLC is over, but health officials were unable to find a common source.
Ashley Nickle, staff writer for The Packer, has been promoted to editor of sister publication Produce Retailer, and retail editor of The Packer.
Although this season got off to a slower start than last year, Chile expects to ship a record 101,000 tons of mandarins to North America this year, a 32% increase from 2017.
Saint-Rémi, Québec-based fresh-cut company Saladexpress Inc. has partnered with investor Agrial, a major French agriculture and agri-food cooperative.
Philadelphia-based AgroFresh Solutions Inc. has launched a new tool to predict the freshness of produce.
Chicago-based Carlson Produce Consulting LLC has launched a new website on its fifth anniversary.
Amazon wants you to buy groceries online, and it seems they will succeed.
Previewing the Aug. 23-24 2018 Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference, U.S. Apple Association president Jim Bair talked with The Packer’s editor Tom Karst July 31.
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.
SALINAS, Calif. – Mark Adamek, director of romaine, artisan and mixed leaf production for Tanimura & Antle, said he has high hopes for the rest of the season despite challenges earlier in the year.
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.”
Once again sparing U.S. apples, the government of India has delayed implementation of retaliatory tariffs related to U.S. import tariffs on steel and aluminum from India.
Eastern Produce Council members heard from former New York Giant football great George Martin the group’s second annual Tailgate event.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp said she can’t be the only one “bitching” about mistakes in U.S. trade policy.
Hurricane Florence caused more than $1.1 billion in damage to crops and livestock in North Carolina, according to a new state estimate. Of that, about $27 million is damage to vegetables and horticultural crop losses.
Malena Produce, Nogales, Ariz., has signed a distribution agreement with International Greenhouse Produce S.A. de C.V. , Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Given the mission of increasing the ability of the fresh produce and floral industries to use advances in technology, Vonnie Estes will join Produce Marketing Association as vice president of technology.
Decorated Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn will give the keynote address at the Center for Growing Talent’s 2018 Women’s Fresh Perspectives Leadership Breakfast on Oct. 20.
Significant damage to North Carolina’s sweet potato crop is anticipated after Hurricane Florence pounded many areas of the state with double-digit rainfall totals.
Trade sources worry that U.S. exporters of fruit and other commodities may face inspection delays and other non-tariff barriers after the latest round of tariffs imposed on China by the Trump administration.