The Packer
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Dec. 21 outlined what functions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture remain available during the government shutdown.
The employees of Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers provided holiday gifts to nearly 130 children in foster care in the Wenatchee region.
Kingsville, Ontario-based Red Sun Farms has nearly doubled its donation to the Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario compared with a year ago.
“God is always doing geometry.” Plato.
The FDA has named Adam Bros. Farm in Santa Barbara County as one potential source of the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine — but it cautions that the finding does not explain all the illnesses in the outbreak.
Foodservice distributor What Chefs Want, Louisville, Ky., is expanding its network with the purchase of Mid/West Fresh Produce, Columbus, Ohio.
Wholesaler Pete Pappas & Sons Inc., Jessup, Md., has hired Jeremy Galfield as director of national accounts.
NEW YORK — Wilda Ortega took all sorts of specialty produce out of display baskets to show visitors at the Coosemans New York booth at the New York Produce Show and Conference.
NEW YORK — Gourmet’s Finest promoted its Mushroom Crumbles at the New York Produce Show and Conference.
The Santa Barbara County, Calif., farm named by the Food and Drug Administration as a source of E. coli in an outbreak linked to romaine has recalled red and green leaf lettuce and cauliflower.
Slovenia-based NiceLabel has been named as one of the FL 100+, Food Logistics magazine’s annual list of the top 100-plus software and technology providers for the food and beverage industry.
Tefen, Israel-based StePac L.A. Ltd. has new packaging that promises better freshness and appearance for long-distance shipments of bulk blueberries.
When I first wrote this column nearly five years ago, I thought it would just be a quirky story about my grandpa’s funny name for green peppers.
Imports of mangoes and papayas have shown strong growth over the past decade.
Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Southern Specialties has partnered with national nonprofit Brighter Bites to provide two varieties of produce each week to the organization’s Southwest Florida program.
Bakersfield, Cali.-based Arable Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of three irrigation companies.
The Washington Apple Commission has two new members.
The farm bill is in the hands of President Trump, following the Senate and House approval of the legislation, widely praised by groups representing fresh produce growers and marketers.
Continuing a holiday tradition that started in 1982, Dave Haun was on hand at the Salvation Army in Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 12, watching as a full load of potatoes were moved from a semi tractor-trailer.
The Food and Drug Administration has released results of hot pepper and avocado pathogen testing under a program that shines a spotlight on select fruits and vegetables to examine possible food safety issues.
Wayne Mininger, who has led the National Onion Association for 33 years, is retiring, and Greg Yielding has been selected as the association’s new executive vice president.
The CDC has just issued an updated warning about romaine lettuce, following an e.coli outbreak.
Los Angeles, Calif.- based Pacific Trellis Fruit has successfully launched Jam grapes, a new black seedless grape.
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher said the New Jersey Agricultural Society, Bushels of Blessings and the Foodshed Alliance will share a $100,000 Gleaning Support Grant.
Gloucester City, N.J.-based Gloucester Marine Terminal LLC celebrated the first arrival of fresh Chilean fruit Dec. 17.
If 2019 is anything like 2018, the fresh produce industry will see many familiar challenges.
Fresh Express, NatureSweet and Litehouse — three companies representing salad ingredients — are joining for a retail promotion to highlight how consumers can combine them for salad creations.
The Packer’s newest poll question simply asks “How do you feel about President Trump’s plan to build a border wall at the U.S.- Mexican border?”
Tasked with shifting food safety oversight from a reactive to proactive role, the Food and Drug Administration has released a plan on methods to stop unsafe food from being imported into the U.S.
Doug Bohr is the new executive director at the Produce Marketing Association’s Center for Growing Talent.