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Episode 52 features a conversation with Stonehill Produce CEO Keith Slattery on the company’s Market Pulse report; how getting strong information leads to better buying; and Mexican avocado supply and demand now.

The education sessions at the February 2021 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention were so well-attended that in some cases, attendance was like the in-person sessions of previous years.

Morehead, Ky.-based AppHarvest Inc. started building two new high-tech indoor farms: A berry farm in Somerset, Ky., and a leafy greens farm Morehead, Ky.

All of the products from Chesterfield Twp., Mich.-based Lakeland Fresh Farms, a local producer of hydroponically grown greens, are now verified as non-GMO through The Non-GMO Project.

Marketers moved more than 3 million pounds of organic garlic, and sales topped more than $24 million in 2019, according to IRI.

Organic berry sales topped $760 million in 2019 and comprised 12.3% of total retail berry sales, according to data from IRI. Marketers moved more than 13.7 million pounds of berries in 2019.

Episode 51 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features a conversation with Kristina Lorusso, business development director for Giumarra, about the company’s recent tests of autonomous trucks and aircraft to move produce.

Angelo Caputo’s Fresh Markets founder and patriarch Angelo Caputo died June 16 at the age of 89.

The Packer’s editor-in-chief Tom Karst, retail editor Ashley Nickle and Northeast editor Amy Sowder discuss the return of foodservice in the latest episode of Packer Insight.

There’s something unique about a retail produce crew. Unlike other grocery store departments, produce is different.