Latest News From Brussels Sprouts

Don’t cast them in a supporting role this winter and spring. The small but mighty brassica deserves time center stage.

Progressive Produce is harvesting California Brussels sprouts and launching Mim’s Specialty Sweet Potatoes this fall.

Even though 2020 was a great year for selling crops to retailers, many of New York’s growers are playing it safe by not planting too much more for the 2021 season.

Food trends come and go, but Brussels sprouts, the other superfood, are here to stay.

Alpine Fresh, Miami, is offering purple Brussels sprouts.

Guadalupe, Calif.-based Beachside Produce LLC is bringing full production of Brussels sprouts, celery and broccoli to the market for the holiday season.

Here is the consumer data for broccoli and Brussels sprouts in 2020!

Dole Food Co., is adding recipes and videos, social media content and digital downloads to its summer promotion of unfamiliar fruits and vegetables through Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.” and “Monsters University.”

Recent news about Brussels sprouts from The Packer and Produce Market Guide!

Hitchcock Farms, Salinas, Calif., has acquired Pfyffer Associates, a Santa Cruz, Calif., grower of Brussels sprouts.

Good growing weather this winter should result in some exceptional fruit and vegetable crops out of California’s Salinas Valley this season.

Whether you’re looking for organic Brussels sprouts, romaine hearts, tomatoes or just about any other vegetable this summer, supplies should be ample. 

Texas is taking a big share of Mexican import growth in recent years.

The Mexican asparagus and Brussels sprouts deals have reached promotable volumes for Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Southern Specialties.

Before the Oceanside Pole tomato crop, the Oceanside Calif., grower is marketing Brussels sprouts through The Oppenheimer Group.

I’m decidedly pro-sprouts. I’ve just never seen them on the Thanksgiving table.

Ocean Mist Farms has announced the launch of its Friendsgiving Flavor campaign to promote the Season & Steam product line to shoppers during the holiday season.

Produce Retailer editor Ashley Nickle and The Packer's designer and copy editor Amelia Freidline review new products ahead of Fresh Summit, from Brussels sprouts to baby food to plant-based dips.

Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., is introducing green bean and Brussels sprouts saute kits under its Green Wave Farms fresh-cut line at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo.

Growers Express, Salinas, Calif., has expanded a recall of vegetables after product testing resulted in another positive sample of Listeria monocytogenes.

Chef Travis Peters, co-owner of The Parish Gastropub, Tucson, Ariz., won the second-annual California Giant Berry Farms Chef Invitational.

Organic grower-shipper Misionero Vegetables, Gonzales, Calif., is rebranding Green Wave Farms, its fresh-cut vegetable line.

Gold Coast Packing, Santa Maria., Calif., is adding to its on-trend Brussels sprouts line with whole and halved Brussels sprouts for foodservice customers.

Boggiatto Produce, Salinas, Calif., has changed its name to Hitchcock Farms in a rebranding.

Wholesum is expanding its Fair Trade program with organic artichokes in Salinas, Calif.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Dan Canales, senior vice president of sales, marketing and processing for Ippolito International, shows off Royal Brussels sprouts and Brussels sprouts chips, two new products for the company.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Castroville, Calif.-based Ocean Mist Farms featured a couple of new items in the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit innovation showcase.

La Farge, Wis.-based Organic Valley Family of Farms has introduced packaged Brussels sprouts available for retail starting in mid-September.

Oceanside Pole tomatoes have a new brand this season: “On a Mission, Since 1939.”

Catch up on what's working for produce companies involved in producing and marketing Brussels sprouts.

Google searches related to Brussels sprouts show strong interest around the holidays, inquiries about the nutritional benefits of the vegetable and curiosity about how to use them in recipes.

Embracing their trendy status, Brussels sprouts are riding a strong wave of demand.

Spring is an active marketing season for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and department officials say there are more items than ever to promote.

A number of desert growers are responding to increased consumer demand for organic produce by expanding their organic product lines.

Business updates from companies featured in The Packer's California Winter Desert Vegetables profile.

A new organic line from Veg-Fresh Farms, with products distinguished by resealable packaging, will be debuting at retail in December.

Growers of winter desert vegetables anticipate ample supplies of good-quality product for the holidays.

As a youngster, Henry Dill held a typical attitude toward Brussels sprouts.

An oversupply faced by conventional Brussels sprouts growers also is affecting the organic market.

The late winter market for Brussels sprouts has been characterized by excellent quality and high yields, but an overabundance of product from increased planting and yields has driven the market ever downward, grower-ship

Oceanside Pole announced it will expand tomato acreage, add Brussels sprouts and rebrand through marketer Oppy.