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Arizona-based melon producer and importer Fresh Farms has weathered spring delays and is expanding its offerings from Hermosillo, Mexico, in the summer months ahead.

The Packer’s Fresh Trends 2023 showed 18% of all consumers polled said they bought nectarines in the past year.

When a fresh produce item beats center-store, shelf-stable treats in an overall snack contest, that’s something to talk about.

Naturipe Farms is kicking off the summer season with promotable volumes of its blueberries from New Jersey, Michigan, and the Pacific Northwest, according to a news release.

A report from the FDA reveals that restaurants and retail foodservice operations with targeted norovirus prevention strategies are most successful in limiting infections.

As one of the world’s largest privately held growers and processors of walnuts and almonds, Mariani Nut Company is dedicated to delivering premium products that consistently exceed your customers’ expectations.

The agency said the grapes will be used for distribution to child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs for fiscal year 2023, which extends through the end of September.

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Grocery retail is transforming to meet the changing ways consumers shop and the technology created to meet these demands. But how does this affect fresh produce at retail?

Growers are managing delayed and irregular cantaloupe production out of Yuma, the Imperial Valley and into the Westside, but anticipate the production will normalize as the deal shifts in July, August and September.

Peaches are in shorter supply in the U.S. Southeast this year, and consumers are paying the price.