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Apple season has come into full swing for produce departments across the U.S. and made up 6.2 percent of total produce department sales over the last 12 weeks.

For the four-week period ending Oct. 3, total U.S. avocado dollar sales were up 2.2% to $175.7 million, adding $3.8 million to the category compared with the prior year.

It’s always summer in sun-drenched Key West, Florida, where a seven-day resort getaway for two awaits the winner of the Idaho Potato Commission’s 2022 Idaho® Potato Lovers Display Contest sweepstakes.

Restaurants are responding to consumer demand for healthier items for children, and school foodservice operations are able to reintroduce what worked and be flexible when it’s not.

Produce with superpowers and disappearing packaging: Come be amazed at Arrowfarms’ booth at the 2021 New York Produce Show, Dec. 12-16.

As supermarket leaders grapple with all the business in 2021 — in newer ways such as online, curbside pickup, delivery and contactless checkout methods — what do they expect for 2022?

For its first operation on the West Coast, Gotham Greens, Brooklyn, N.Y, has opened a 10-acre hydroponic greenhouse near the University of California-Davis campus. Plus, it earned Certified B Corp status.

Find out first who wins! Register now to attend the live results webinar at 2 p.m. Central Dec. 13, for the Fall 2021 Produce Artist Award Series.

First Quality Produce is Central California’s premier processor and distributor of superior wholesale produce. First Quality is excited to announce its new design for the famous Fruit Luau buckets.

Amid a labor shortage across all employment levels, we risk losing the skills, talents and perspectives of 51% of our population when we don’t tailor our produce companies and roles to women’s needs today.