The Packer
Consolidation, diversification and investment in technology are current and future trends for Georgia’s commercial vegetable growers.
The Idaho Potato Commission is seeking out spud lovers for a new consumer contest.
If consumers noticed larger potato displays at their local grocery stores earlier this year, it’s probably because the Idaho Potato Commission’s annual display contest drew the most in its 27-year history.
(UPDATED May 24) Fresh fruits and vegetables continue to hold the top spot of organic food sales, according to the Organic Trade Association’s 20th annual survey on the sector.
Big California volume was contributing to low shipping point prices and strong promotion opportunities for California strawberries in mid-May.
More summer Chilean clementine and mandarin volume is on tap for U.S. consumers this year.
Side Delights potatoes from San Francisco-based Fresh Solutions Network fit into some of the top-recommended diet plans for 2018.
Eleven Organic Trade Association members — including one fresh produce company — are participating in a pilot program to deter organic fraud.
Catch up with grower-shippers and marketers of fresh onions with a few quick news briefs.
Liberty Fruit Co. CEO Arnold Caviar celebrated his last day as CEO with friends, family and business partners May 18.
The FDA is still working to find answers to the fundamental questions about the outbreak tied to Arizona romaine, more than one month after the initial alert was issued by the CDC.
Georgia is not known as a citrus state. Not yet, anyway.
Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable Inc. may see about a 25% increase in spring vegetable volume this year, including some trial organic production.
Catch a few quick updates from Georgia produce grower-shippers on their spring/summer vegetable crops.
Watsonville, Calif.-based California Giant Berry Farms has been talking with consumers, and conversations from the first quarter of 2018 are in.
Ravenna, Ohio-based Sirna & Sons Produce has finished a big expansion of their operation, including a fresh-cut produce processing facility.
Consumer market research expert Steve Lutz is joining the Produce Marketing Association as regional vice president-U.S. and Canada West.
The Peruvian Avocado Commission is kicking off the season in June with retail and consumer marketing initiatives to promote the estimated 170 million pounds arriving in the U.S.
In the wake of an E. coli outbreak tied to romaine, numerous consumer groups are calling for the FDA to mandate more stringent traceability measures for companies that handle leafy greens and other “high-risk” food.
With time slipping away for legislative action before the current farm bill expires at the end of September, the House farm bill may get a second chance in June.
MONTEREY, California — Meal kit business continues to grow for HelloFresh and the company’s attention on packaging needs is growing along with it.
Kelowna, British Columbia-based BC Tree Fruits Cooperative expects a record 12-million pound sweet cherry fresh crop this year, up from 10.1 million pounds last year.
Whole Foods is pulling back on its plan to require GMO labeling for all foods in stores by September.
A Dole Food Co. promotion tied to Pixar Disney’s Incredibles 2 movie is called “Powering the Hero Within.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture pulled the plug on the proposed organic marketing board before the drama of a referendum could unfold.
Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, which markets under the Sunset brand, has introduced 21 new recipes developed by celebrity chef Roger Mooking.
With another grower adding supply, bigger cherry volume is expected in 2018 for The Dalles, Ore.-based Orchard View Inc.
Salinas, Calif.-based Naturipe Farms LLC has an earlier peak on organic blueberries that was expected to begin at the end of April in California, said Brian Vertrees, director of business development-West.
The CDC is no longer recommending that consumers avoid romaine lettuce from the Yuma growing region.
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