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The future food choices of consumers are difficult enough to predict based on their past behavior.

A Power Your Lunchbox back-to-school healthy eating campaign garnered almost 200 million impressions across social media, public relations efforts, digital support and influencer outreach.

Georgia peach grower Robert Dickey III and Florida vegetable grower Charles Obern have been named 2019 Farmers of the Year by Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo.

A couple of weeks ago, somebody in a Facebook group I’m part of shared an article on the proper (and Southern) way to eat watermelon — with salt.

Melons like it hot, but the lack of high temperatures in California’s Central Valley this spring will probably mean a later start than usual to the Westside cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew season.

Spring typically brings a cornucopia of fruits and vegetables from the Carolinas, and this year is no exception, suppliers and marketers say.

Mike Krage is the Idaho Potato Commission’s newest retail promotions director, covering the Northeast and Midwest.

It may be safe to say that oldsters may be slower to warm to the new Produce for Better Health Foundation’s Have a Plant message than younger folk.

Feeding children produce in schools is important to me because I care about education, progress, the future of humanity — and I make a living off of selling healthy produce.

The Environmental Working Group delivers its annual “Dirty Dozen” list with lots of spicy sound bites and minimal context.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association expressed its approval for the federal government’s investments that benefit the fresh fruit and vegetable industry. 

I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for end-of-the-year predictions about what the new year will bring — especially when it comes to culinary trends or bets on what produce item will become “the next kale.”

Temperatures in California’s Central Valley dipped as low as 27 degrees recently, but no damage is expected and orange growers say the cold can lead to better flavor and fruit quality.

NEW YORK — One of the reasons I wanted to work at The Packer is because the focus on fruits and vegetables aligns with my passion for food and health.

Nogales, Ariz.-based Vandervoet & Associates Inc. expects to have a full season of valencia oranges from West Mexico for the first time over the coming season, said Scott Vandervoet, partner.

The West Mexico produce season brings plenty of retail promotions, suppliers say.

There’s a new North American Free Trade Agreement, but “NAFTA 2.0” likely will not change the flow of fresh produce across the U.S.-Mexico border, suppliers say.

Fresh produce continues to flow relatively smoothly through the Nogales-Mariposa Port of Entry, although some challenges do remain at the major border crossing of the southwestern U.S.

As a family-owned farm that grows more than 100 million melons a year, Martori Farms, Aguila, Ariz., has a varietal mix that can meet retailers’ needs for any season.

Denver-based Potatoes USA is kicking into high gear with a new campaign strategy tied to athletic performance.