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Episode 61 of the Tip of the Iceberg Podcast takes a turn toward a road less traveled and features a small farmer with a big digital presence: Liset Garcia of Sweet Girl Farms in Reedley, Calif.

Thanksgiving is the most bankable holiday of the year for produce sellers, but the other fall and winter holidays aren’t too shabby either.

Episode 62 of Tip of the Iceberg features a conversation with Paul Lightfoot, chairman of the CEA Food Safety Coalition and president of BrightFarms. He talks about the positives of negative foods.

The Hunts Point Produce Market’s annual Thanksgiving-time food donation event will return, and it will hit all five boroughs.

Stemilt’s Fast Facts: The Cast is back and starts their fall return by analyzing the last eight weeks of Nielsen retail scan data ending on October 4, 2021.

Talks with produce merchandising experts, marketing gurus and data strategists have caused some ideas to gel when it comes to merchandising your produce during the fast-approaching holiday season.

In this episode, Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, president and CEO of Produce for a Better Health, speaks about shifting the focus beyond produce sales to consumption.

Two new products from F&S Produce Co., Green Giant Fresh Stir-Fry Kits and Little Green Sprout’s Organic vegetables, offer even more ways to satisfy shoppers and boost category sales as well.

The winter promotions at G&R Farms are focused on the Season of Giving, when retailers can take advantage of both the holiday promotional time period and also a higher likelihood consumers will feel charitable.

San Francisco-based Afresh Technologies and Portland, Ore.-based New Seasons Market have partnered to bring Afresh’s Fresh Operating System into select retail stores in the Pacific Northwest.