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Available in mid-August, the launch brings premium conventional blueberries to market while strengthening year-round availability for the jumbo category.

New data show the cyclospora outbreak is driving a widespread pullback across the fresh produce aisle — even for non-recalled categories — triggering the sharpest single-month retail lettuce price drop in BLS history.

Several deadlines set by California’s SB 54 — the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act — have come and gone, but some producers impacted by the controversial legislation still question its feasibility.

By leveraging complete vertical integration from field-level technical innovation to store shelf, the company aims to transform dates from commodity to iconic health and wellness brand.

Each agriculture revolution arrived faster than the last one; now here comes AI, and no technology in ag’s history has promised to rewire the economics of farming this fast.

Leading Eastern shippers outline expectations for crop availability, merchandising tactics, and regional supply advantages this season.

Experts say two foodborne illness outbreaks linked to fresh produce have exposed a weakness at the heart of North America’s food system.

Early reports from the field point to strong quality across both onion and potato crops with harvest expected to continue through October, says the Idaho Falls, Idaho-based grower-shipper.

With 300 truckloads of vegetables crossing the border daily, the executive director for the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers,outlines why protecting stable access to U.S. consumers supports affordable, year-round produce for Canadians.