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Sage Fruit Co. LLC, Yakima, Wash., has welcomed Yakima-based Congdon Orchards to its team of grower-packer-shippers of Washington tree fruit, said Chuck Sinks, Sage Fruit’s president of sales and marketing.

The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t seem to have hurt sales of organic produce.

A successful package-recycling program is a numbers game, according to Jeff Brandenburg, president and primary consultant for the Greenfield, Mass.-based JSB Group LLC and QFresh Lab in Salinas, Calif.

Tree-ripened peaches from California’s San Joaquin Valley were shipped by air to four Gelson’s stores in the Los Angeles region, and the experiment was hailed as a success.

In certain areas of Quebec, crops thrive in that special mucky, black soil that many upstate New York growers enjoy.

The trend in packaging for the produce industry early this year was toward eliminating single-use plastic or even doing away with packaging altogether, merchandising fruits and vegetables loose in bulk displays.

Mushrooms and the concept of sustainability seem to go hand in hand.

Salsa joins the list of recalled food caught up in a nationwide advisory on onions because of an outbreak of Salmonella Newport.

Fresh Innovations LLC has opened two new facilities and plans to launch a new, innovative product in the fall, said Jay Alley, vice president of sales.

Landover, Md.-based Giant Food Stores are king of the hill and likely to stay that way.