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Episode 58 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features a conversation with Michael Smith, a senior at Lincoln University, an agriculture major and president of the school’s MANRRS chapter.

Sweet potato harvest is gearing up in Southern states, and market conditions were steady in mid-August.

Big supplies of California grapes will be heading to export markets this fall, and promotions will be there to support sales.

Everyone’s time is valuable. You never want to go into a meeting flatfooted.

The Packer’s Sept. 6 issue includes special coverage of the Northwest pear deal, and we want to hear from you, growers and marketers.

By a wide margin, Giant Food Stores is the retail market leader in Maryland, Virginia and the District Columbia.

The growth of avocado consumption is a runaway success story, but that doesn’t mean growers and handlers have no worries.

Johanna Mirenda, Organic Trade Association farm policy director, is laser-focused specifically on the fresh produce industry in two ways.

At its newest expansion, Albion, N.Y.-based Intergrow Greenhouses has opened a 10-acre greenhouse, expected to produce more than 3 million pounds of fresh produce a year to serve the entire Eastern Seaboard.

Preventing food waste while saving money at the same time is the goal of the Flashfood app, and now the app has a big retail supporter.