California
With its bright health halo, Pom Wonderful has seen a big lift in sales during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has made more than 50 changes to rules as the group continues a review of its practices following E. coli outbreaks in recent years.
There should be plentiful supplies of fruit available from California this fall thanks to ample volume of table grapes and new, later varieties of what once was considered “summer” fruit.
The California Kiwifruit Administrative Committee, Sacramento, is conducting grower elections.
The pumpkin season for Van Groningen & Sons, Manteca, Calif., is shaping up to be a record breaker, with a bumper crop of medium carving, heirlooms and pie-sized pumpkins.
Members of the California LGMA, who grow an overwhelming majority of the lettuce and other leafy greens in the state, and 80% of the U.S. lettuce, say they’re capable of quickly tracking recalled products.
With a record crop expected, the California Walnut industry is focusing on retail promotions to help move it.
As the fall/winter growing season in Yuma, Ariz., approaches, the Arizona Leafy Green Marketing Agreement has approved new water and field metrics.
The California Table Grape Commission, Fresno, and the Radio Health Journal network have developed a series of messages about the health benefits of eating grapes
With added food safety compliance costs of perhaps $1 to $2 per carton, the complications are just beginning for California Salinas Valley romaine shippers and Canadian importers.
Orange-juice futures in New York are heading for a 15th straight day of losses, the worst rout in records back to 1967.
Salinas, Calif.-based Markon Cooperative Inc. gathered 26 chefs from its foodservice members and operators to focus on plant-based recipes at its fifth annual Chef Summit.
Pacific Organic Produce, San Francisco, has hired Gerry Chua, Manuel Pinon and Tina Barnes to it sales and grower relations teams.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has expanded quarantined areas for citrus greening in California, Texas and Louisiana after the disease was detected in plant tissue samples in multiple locations in the states.
Stater Bros., San Bernardino, Calif., has donated $100,000 and more than 150,000 pounds of fresh produce and other food to food banks in its area this summer.
The California Fresh Fruit Association, Fresno, has hired Courtney Razor as director of member services and communication.
Fresno County’s agriculture production in 2018 hit a record $7.89 billion, a 12% increase over 2017 numbers.
Marcy Martin is the new president of the Citrus Research Board, Visalia Calif., which administers the industry-funded California Citrus Research Program.
Setton Farms and HMC Farms won kudos from a judge’s panel of retail buyers at the California Food Expo.
The 2019-20 California navel crop is down 7% from last season, according to the first U.S. Department of Agriculture estimate.
Hoping to bring the same excitement to the grape category as it did to apples with Jazz and Envy, T&G Global is moving into grapes with its Orchard Rd brand.
The California Table Grape Commission, Fresno, has hired David Dudley as marketing director of category management.
Iconic fall crops such as pumpkins are doing well just before harvest, even though temperatures are still hovering in the 90s in several U.S. regions.
Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif., has big plans in Colombia.
Dave Puglia is succeeding Tom Nassif, who is retiring after 18 years as the president and CEO of Western Growers.
As the number of E. coli cases linked to romaine has risen to 40, federal health and regulatory officials are warning consumers not to eat romaine lettuce originating from Salinas, Calif.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Nov. 27 has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act against California-based Custom Fresh Cuts Inc.
The King County (Ore.) Public Health Department is investigating an E. coli outbreak unrelated to the one believed to have originated in romaine grown in the Salinas, Calif., area.
E. coli outbreaks linked to California romaine over, but investigations continue, and growers are pledging stricter guidelines for leafy greens.
California growers were somewhat happier with the way this year’s citrus season was shaping up compared to last year.