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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.

The U.S. online grocery market generated $6.7 billion in sales during July, as ship-to-home sales declined to $1.4 billion while the combined pickup/delivery segment remained steady at $5.3 billion.

It is with mixed feelings that Rainier Fruit Company announces the retirement of their President, Randy Abhold on August 31st.

How is it that we are recognized as the most beneficial of all the food types that exist, but consumption is waning?

Freshline Foods Ltd. is recalling Veggie Foodle brand green zucchini whole vegetable noodles from the marketplace due to Listeria monocytogenes.

Though there are some uneven spots, suppliers say there will be plenty of promotion opportunities for California grapes into the fall and toward the end of the year.

The new school year is here but with mask mandates, mask bans, and unpredictability around when vaccines will be available for kids under 12, the only thing certain about this school year is uncertainty.