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Helping to stabilize production during the rainy season in Guatemala, the company says this new technology offers better products with fewer inputs.
Guatemala’s exports of specialty vegetables and fruits to the U.S. have been steadily rising over the past two decades.
Traverse City, Mich.-based North Bay Produce Inc. has partnered with Guatemalan farm to bring imports of French green beans, snow peas, sugar snap peas, and Brussels sprouts to North American customers.
A & A Organic Farms, Watsonville, Calif., has added organic French beans from Guatemala to its list of items.
The Equitable Food Initiative is partnering with Costco Wholesale in California, Oregon and Washington to boost consumer awareness and sales of EFI-certified fruits and vegetables.
Organic grower-shipper Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., is rebranding Green Wave Farms, its fresh-cut vegetable line.
Growers Express, Salinas, Calif., has expanded a recall of vegetables after product testing resulted in another positive sample of Listeria monocytogenes.
The first week of July brought a lot of shuffling of the top 20 produce items on Produce Market Guide, with some summertime specialties joining the ranks of standard favorites.
Although things weren’t all red, white and blue on PMG in the week leading up to the July Fourth holiday, seasonal favorites still stacked the top 20.
For the past couple of weeks a certain specialty has been topping the charts on PMG — namely, loquat!
Ontario, Canada-based Rouge River Farms has announced it has acquired all assets and shares of Americus, Ga.-based Magnolia Packing.
As foodservice operations get back up and running, consumers are eager to dine out. More than 3.7 million consumers visited a restaurant via Yelp in May 2021, a record high for the app.
There were more shake-ups on PMG the second week of July, with cucumbers moving up to No. 1 and beans climbing from No. 6 the previous week to No. 2.
Alpine Fresh, Inc. of Doral, Florida is voluntarily recalling its 1 pound packages of “Hippie Organics” French Beans from lot# 313-626, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Miami, Fla.-based Crystal Valley Foods is introducing new foodservice vegetable packs at the International Fresh Produce Association’s July 28-29 Foodservice Conference.
These good bugs partner with soybeans to increase nodulation and fix nitrogen.