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As part of its 10th-annual Supplier Awards, Whole Foods Market recently recognized the Watsonville, Calif.-based berry company.

Just as going through the motions in courses may not accomplish much, the same can be said for the produce aisle.

Organic tomatoes brought in more than $290.5 million in 2020, and marketers moved more than $75.4 million pounds of the vegetable, according to IRI. And organic tomato purchases are clearly driven by age.

Stemilt Growers is gearing up for the start of Rave apple harvest in early August.

Bakersfield, Calif.-based Country Sweet Produce’s Bako Sweet brand will offer retailers plenty of merchandising efforts in the historically quiet season for the sweet potato category.

New Jersey peaches should be available in good volume from early July until mid-September, according to the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council.

These bright red berries continued to be a consumer favorite in 2021, finding favor as the No. 2 most popular fruit in Fresh Trends 2022 — a title typically held by apples.

Canada on June 20 announced final regulations banning select single-use plastic manufactured items, including checkout bags, cutlery, certain foodservice ware, ring carriers, stir sticks, and most straws.

Consumer confusion abounds when it comes to what can and can’t be recycled, industrial versus home composting and the end-of-life reality for different types of packaging.

It’s a good time for garlic. Christopher Ranch and I Love Produce say they are garnering successful returns on their marketing efforts.