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With an extensive marketing campaign with Hallmark Channel, the Envy apple once again expects to be the “The Ultimate Holiday Apple.”

“I did not expect this path for my life,” said Evan Ehlers, founder of Sharing Excess on this “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast episode.

Modest food and beverage volume growth is expected next year after three consecutive years of volume declines, according to a new report from retail data firm Circana.

John Freitas’ experience includes serving as vice president of sales and marketing for Fresh Origins and, most recently, head of foodservice for AeroFarms.

More than 500 attendees, buyers and exhibitors attended the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas’ inaugural Southwest International Produce Expo.

The California Avocado Commission says it has successfully petitioned the USDA to remove hass avocados from the Oriental Fruit Fly quarantine.

KeHE Distributors, a distributor of natural, organic, specialty and fresh products, says it has “learned to navigate” the ever-evolving distribution landscape through a focus on pick rates, fill rates and flexibility.

Farmer-owned berry producer and marketer Naturipe Farms says it will have promotable volume of its jumbo blueberry pack Mighty Blues to close out the year.

Later this month, San Joaquin Valley, Calif.-based Live Oak Farms is poised to begin importing product from its farming operations in Mexico to help complete a 52-week cycle of availability on green and red bell peppers.

In this guest column, Minor Crop Farmer Alliance Chair Jim Cranney says new specifics on an EPA policy indicate the agency is taking a “act now, address questions later” approach to its pesticide program.