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Corn on the cob is a staple on American tables during the summer. Selling corn in the summer is easy, but stretch your marketing muscles to improve sales at other times of the year, as well.

The importance of traditional stone fruit has slid in California over the past 20 years.

Comments are due on April 22 on the Food and Drug Administration’s Guide to Minimize Food Safety Hazards of Fresh-cut Produce: Draft Guidance for Industry.

Onions can be found in most households, with nearly 67% of customers purchasing onions in 2018, according to Fresh Trends 2019.

Members of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement have adopted new rules requiring them to sanitize “open source” used water for overhead irrigation following recent E. coli outbreaks that led investigators to suspect water as a cause.

The Southeast Produce Council is asking people to join its team in the Strong4Life Superhero Sprint, which raises funds to fight childhood obesity and its associated diseases in Georgia.

Brampton, Ontario-based CHEP Canada has added Food Banks Canada to its network to reduce food waste and get food more efficiently to Canadians experiencing hunger.

Basketball legend Bill Walton will give the keynote speech at The Packer’s West Coast Produce Expo.

Harvest is just starting for what is expected to be a big and promotable crop of California cherries.

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has partnered with the Produce for Better Health Foundation and Dallas-based dietitian consultant Neva Cochran to educate consumers on the food safety steps growers take.