Blueberries
Blueberry company Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Inc. has new leadership.
Salinas, Calif.-based Naturipe Farms has implemented a rebrand that speaks directly to younger consumers.
A research effort behind the rebranding of Naturipe Farms studied the attitudes of nearly 4,000 participants in the U.S. and Canada to gain consumer insights, company officials said.
Superfresh Growers, Yakima, Wash., is marketing blueberries with an exclusive supply agreement with Norris Farms, Roseburg, Ore.
California Giant Berry Farms has chosen the chefs who will participate in its second-annual Chef Invitational competition.
California Giant Berry Farms, Watsonville, is celebrating a milestone this summer with its summer blueberry program — conventional and organic — seeing dramatic production increases.
The Georgia Grown program is partnering with Publix Super Markets on the launch of a local campaign.
These tiny globes were the fourth most popular item that shoppers said they bought this year that they did not buy previously.
Berry lovers that are loyal to California Giant Berry Farms can now easily find what retailers in their area carry the brand.
Tomra Food’s BBC Technologies, which specializes in packaging equipment for small fruit, has a new Tray Tipper, designed to evenly distribute blueberries to a sorting machine.
Ozblu blueberry varieties will be grown in the U.S. for the first time with Peru-based Migiva Group’s purchase of two Florida berry properties.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council’s Blueberry Promotion, Research and Information order is seeking new members.
The domestic blueberry season was kicking off in mid-April with harvesting already underway in Georgia, said Victoria De Bruin, marketing manager for the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council.
Hardships born from a big freeze in 2016 have inspired Georgia’s blueberry industry to invest in some protective technology so growers don’t get frozen out of the market again.
Georgia blueberries suffered some damage as temperatures dipped below freezing the week of March 5.
An extended period of warm, dry conditions — uncommon even to Florida — during the winter has drawn rave reviews from growers.
Crystal Valley Foods is shipping organic and conventional blueberries from Florida under the Crystal Valley label this year.
National editor Tom Karst and staff writer Ashley Nickle discuss the latest 90-day delay for produce shippers on the ELD mandate and how blueberries fared in some recent cold weather.
With no severe frost or winter damage, growers of New Jersey blueberries expect a good crop for 2018, with harvest start dates lagging a little from a year ago.
Catch up on late season developments with a bunch of berry companies from around North America.
The Chilean fruit industry is assessing the damage to stone fruit, cherries, blueberries, kiwifruit and grapes after a Nov. 12 hailstorm.
Greenhouse grower Red Sun Farms, Kingsville, Ontario, will be growing next-generation OZblu blueberries at its Mexico facilities, which promise to deliver a firmer, crunchier and more flavorful berry.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council is seeking nominees to fill 26 of the 40 seats available on the council.
Berry grower Wish Farms, Plant City, Fla., is the official grower sponsor of the 2019 Florida Blueberry Festival this week.
Despite widespread damage to the crop as reported by a survey of Florida blueberry growers, the Florida Blueberry Growers Association is predicting a good season for the fruit.
Salinas, Calif.-based Naturipe Farms LLC has an earlier peak on organic blueberries that was expected to begin at the end of April in California, said Brian Vertrees, director of business development-West.
Dave’s Specialty Imports Inc. has hired Tom Rawles as operations manager, focused on grower relations.
High temperatures in parts of California in July had no effect at all on berry growing areas, industry leaders said.
Miami, Fla.-based Crystal Valley Foods has begun imports of blueberries for the 2018-19 season.
Driscoll’s is seeing increases in its Baja California, Mexico, Fair Trade program, with a 14% hike in acreage in 2019 and a goal to have all production certified by the end of the year.