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Organic is the fastest growing segment in fresh produce and innovative marketing strategies are major contributors to this success.

The mission-aligned brands are introducing a fresh idea for the produce aisle: salad kits featuring sustainably farmed greens paired with creamy, plant-based hummus, guacamole and whole grains.

For Mexican-sourced avocados, the big game is now … and next week, and the week after, until the official game that’s, ahem, super important.

Two new products from F&S Produce Co., Green Giant Fresh Stir-Fry Kits and Little Green Sprout’s Organic vegetables, offer even more ways to satisfy shoppers and boost category sales as well.

San Francisco-based Afresh Technologies and Portland, Ore.-based New Seasons Market have partnered to bring Afresh’s Fresh Operating System into select retail stores in the Pacific Northwest.

At least 21 produce industry organizations in Canada and the U.S. issued a joint statement calling for “urgent government action” to address significant ongoing supply chain disruptions.

The harsh truth right now in the produce aisle is that sales in much of the country are at a yearly low. That’s a difficult fact to admit, isn’t it?

I feel a disturbance in the force — in several produce departments and in all the other grocery stores this produce scribe patronizes. In numerous markets I hear this familiar phrase too frequently: out of stocks.

Home-to-Home food technology platform and community marketplace Tre’dish has today announced a $10m seed funding round as it commercializes and scales operations across the U.S. and Canada.

Avocados From Mexico will be back again for the National Football League’s biggest game in February, and former New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees will star in the group’s 30-second television spot.