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There are more than 5,000 craft breweries in the U.S., and brewers in the UK are hoping to recreate that same success.

Bengard Ranch has hired produce industry veteran Steve Koran as its general manager.

The obsession with pumpkin spice is now worth roughly $500,000 annually and its use is up tenfold since 2004. But, is peak pumpkin on the way?

Valencia, Calif.-based Sunkist Growers plans to kick off its California mandarin season in early November with increased volume, according to a news release.

I Love Produce plans to host two of the best foosball players in the history of the game at its booth No. 2001 during the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit 2017 in New Orleans, according to a news release.

Bala Cynwyd, Pa.-based PaperWorks Industries Inc. has hired C. Anderson “Andy” Bolton as president and CEO.

LENEXA, Kan. - Tim Arrington recently joined The Packer as a staff writer. He is reporting on a wide range of fresh produce industry news for the Lenexa company Farm Journal Media acquired from Vance Publishing in

A year ago, California avocado growers were anticipating an El Niño condition that would bring heavy rainfall that could last several months and, they hoped, put a dent in the drought that had plagued the state for at

No matter where avocados are grown, more and more of them are ending up in consumer bags at the supermarket, grower-shippers say, and reusable plastic containers are becoming more popular too.