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Taking a new approach in engaging with retailers, North Shore Living Herbs & Greens released an animated video that takes you on a journey through their hydroponic growing process from seed to store.

Autumn Glory apple shipments were up the month of November, and recent Nielsen data confirms stellar November sales.

FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., is offering a new vegetarian taco salad with Beyond Meat protein, and the company has plans for more products with the plant-based protein.

New takes on classic comfort food may be the norm in the coming year, according to the 2021 trends predictions from Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda’s Specialty Produce.

Consumers typically turn to citrus to load up on vitamin C during cold and flu season, but this year, suppliers hope they’ll stock up on even more grapefruit, oranges, mandarins and lemons to keep COVID-19 at bay.

I once called on a young produce manager who showed loads of potential but lacked direction in his career.

Winter is here, and given the social restrictions necessitated by the global pandemic, some would say it is the winter of all winters.

Stemilt’s marketing director Brianna Shales and communications manager, Katie Harmon, start 2021 by analyzing the last 12 weeks of Nielsen retail scan data during Stemilt’s Fast Facts: The Cast video analysis.

Tacoma, Wash.-based Cierto, a recruiter of H-2A workers for U.S. growers, has received an $800,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation.

Undoubtedly, COVID-19 will rank through the ages as one of the largest single global change elements in human history. With that in mind, what changes will affect the fresh produce industry?