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Episode 55 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features a conversation with Mike Mauti, managing partner of Execulytics, about assortment, merchandising, rings and more in the melon category.

Check out great content including perspective from industry contributors, commodity features, retailer insights and more in the latest issue of PMG magazine.

Consumers want strawberries and blueberries more and more as late summer melts into fall, while California battles the drought to give them what they want.

Last year, with pandemic shopping at its fullest, mushrooms were among the top three best-performing foods in the produce aisle in terms of year-over-year sales. And now what?

Kroger and Giant Eagle are leading the way for supermarkets in Ohio.

Ed Harwood, cofounder and emeritus chief science officer at AeroFarms, has died, leaving a legacy of patented innovative agriculture technology and expansion beyond his expectations.

Tom Karst, Ashley Nickle and Amy Sowder discussed PMA Foodservice, immigration reform, item identification at the register and more in this episode of Packer Insight.

While all fresh produce is healthy and can boost the immune system to some extent, mushrooms have some unique qualities that can still be promoted during what is hopefully the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Shortages in labor, raw materials and freight in the mushroom sector are requiring creative thinking.

Prices for zucchini around the nation ranged from 88 cents to $1.99 per pound on July 21, according to U.S. Marketing Services.