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Salinas, Calif.-based Pacific International Marketing Inc. expects to have 500 to 600 more organic acres ready to farm this year, said Kim Fellom, sales executive and marketing manager.

Amid weather and labor obstacles, South Texas growers expect normal supplies of winter vegetables to resume by early December.

Hitchcock Farms is excited to introduce their latest product innovation, Napa Cabbage Hearts at the PMA Foodservice in Monterey last week.

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.

North Carolina produce shipments dipped slightly from 2019, U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics reveal.

Prissy Fletcher is overjoyed. The cabbage crop is thriving this year in St. Johns County, just south of Jacksonville in northeastern Florida.

Strawberries retained the No. 1 spot on PMG the week of Feb. 1, but apples rose from No. 8 the previous week to take the No. 2 slot.

Pummelo, oranges and strawberries carried the top three spots on PMG for the third week in a row, while lettuce rose three places to No. 4, and apples gained four spots to complete the top 5.

Pummelos, oranges and strawberries maintained the top three spots on PMG the week of Jan. 11, but mandarins rose from No. 11 the previous week to No. 4, and cabbage, previously No. 12, moved up to the No. 5 spot.

Pummelos and oranges maintained the top two spots on PMG the first week of January, but strawberries rejoined the list at No. 3.

Citrus surged in interest during the last few days of December, taking six of the top 20 spots.

Check out these weird fruit and veggie tales from around the world, where we eye up potato heads, holiday favorites and The Onion’s hot take on Vilsack and cabbage.

Beets, cabbage, greens, herbs, parsley, potatoes, radishes and spinach are some of the produce crops Texas produce suppliers will be shipping in December.

(UPDATED) Companies continue to find ways to help families during the pandemic across the country, from donations of fruits and vegetables to service helping agencies feed people.

The Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into an outbreak of cyclospora infection from Fresh Express garden salads led the agency to Florida, where the parasite was found in a canal.

The Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into an outbreak of cyclospora infection from Fresh Express garden salads led the agency to Florida, where the parasite was found in a canal.

An outbreak of Cyclospora infections linked garden salads continues to grow as health officials seek where the ingredients were grown.

Episode 8 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast, brought to you by The Packer and PMG, features an interview with Shannon Kyle, who handles sales and marketing for Torrey Farms in Elba, N.Y.

Cases of cyclospora infection linked to Fresh Express salads continue to rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Canada is reporting its first cases.

(UPDATED/CORRECTED) Cyclospora infections linked to Fresh Express garden salads continue to rise and now include Walmart private-label bagged salads, including salad served at a North Dakota restaurant.

Federal and state agencies are investigating a six-state outbreak of cyclospora illnesses with 76 cases linked to garden salad from Aldi, Hy-Vee and Jewel-Osco stores.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will be requiring that leafy greens from Arizona must be from a grower involved in the state’s Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement to be imported into Canada.

CORRECTED: Dole Food Co. is honoring nearly 120 years of growing pineapples on Oahu, Hawaii, with the Hawaiian Slawsome! Kit.

Dole Food Co. is adding to its chopped and premium kit salad lines.

Alpine Summit Sales will have an extensive line of fruits and vegetables this summer, sourcing from varied growing areas including Colorado, California and Mexico.

Texas grower shippers are looking forward to a bountiful season for fruit and vegetable crops.

Thanks to mostly favorable growing weather, Florida grower-shippers anticipate a strong spring season for their fruits and vegetables.

Good weather this winter should result in plentiful supplies of top-notch spring produce from California’s grower-shippers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary, detailing results from 2018 tests of residues on produce and other items.

Fresh Express has a new take on its chopped salad line that focuses on trending flavors, including a trio of “Twisted” Caesar salads.

Minkus Family Farms in New Hampton, N.Y., is unlike many other commercial-scale vegetable farms in the state, and even the Northeast.

For the third week in a row, watermelons have held the top spot as the most searched commodity on Produce Market Guide.

It’s no longer just iceberg lettuce and blue cheese crumbles on the salad menu these days.

A traditional favorite for many older generations, cabbage is consistently sought out by specific demographic groups, namely female shoppers and consumers age 50 and older.

The Florida spring produce season will get underway in time, thanks to a largely uninterrupted spate of favorable growing conditions, suppliers say.

PennRose Farms, Wimauma, Fla., a grower-owned company that has a network of growers in the U.S. and Mexico, is expanding its geographic footprint.

Weather issues have blown through production areas of Texas and Mexico, but suppliers for the 2018-19 Tex-Mex winter deal say they anticipate full volumes, once the deal starts to peak for most items in December.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Get ready for more flavor and innovation in the produce aisle.

Markon Cooperative, Salinas, Calif., has developed a slaw mix, Ready-Set-Serve Heart-Y Slaw.

Gold Coast Packing Inc., Santa Maria, Calif., is promoting a new salad blend, the Sunny Superfood Salad.

A Nova Scotia farm has recalled its brand of coleslaw products after testing raised concerns of Listeria monocytogenes.

Dole Food Co. is notifying customers a limited number of Classic Coleslaw mixes may have been shipped with metal shavings.

GreenGate Fresh has added a coleslaw kit for foodservice customers.

(UPDATED Feb. 28)  Brighton, Colo.-based Sakata Farms is discontinuing sweet corn, broccoli and cabbage production.

NEW ORLEANS — Babe Farms reported turning heads at Fresh Summit with its new CaliCabbage product.

Cabbage and potato supplies should be plentiful for any St. Patrick's Day promotions this year, grower-shippers say.

Late-summer growing conditions have been positive for production of cabbage, cucumbers and greens, growers report.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1 1/9-bushel cartons of jumbos in late August from western North Carolina sold for $8-10.35 for jumbos and extra large.