Fresh Talk
Early coverage of the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce from the Yuma region is rolling in.
All forms matter, but some matter more than others.
My wife said she stopped to pick up our favorite deli chopped salad from a local grocer last night.
It wasn’t the million man march, but media reports say a crowd of about 100 marched April 8 in an organized protest in Livingston, Calif.
Another year, another published list of “Dirty Dozen” and Clean Fifteen” produce by the Environmental Working Group.
What is the level of ongoing consumer concern about the E. coli outbreak linked to chopped romaine from the Yuma region?
My wife and I were visiting with another couple this week over dinner, and the hot topic was their first kiss.
Are fresh fruits and vegetables getting their “fair share”?
Stop the presses. InsideHigherEd.com reports “Most Students Don’t Eat Enough Fruits, Vegetables” in a story on recent research from the American College Health Association.
“No report issued as all commerce is halted by an FDA and CDC advisory not to consume Romaine Lettuce.”
How quickly will romaine rebound?
At least the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Market News Service is still operating, but the continuing shutdown of the federal government has got to end.
2018 trade statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are now available.
If you missed the speech by Bill Walton at The Packer’s West Coast Produce Expo, you missed quite a lot.
What do the thousands of folks in the produce industry share?
Now that big bad Monsanto is gone, will consumers still hold a grudge against genetically-engineered crops and associated tools?
Of course, it’s not just consumer groups that are frustrated with the lack of traceback success with the Yuma-E. coli-romaine lettuce connection.
Suggestible you, me and our preschool kids and grandkids.
Western Growers’ president and CEO Tom Nassif recently posted an opinion piece on the Western Growers website, and I am excerpting his blog post with permission from WG.
What are the best ways to spur organic sales at the retail level?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a “before” shot of food safety practices on the farm, perhaps followed ten years from now with a more flattering “after” shot.
Our digital library of past issues of The Packer goes back to 1993, and that makes recalling the headlines of Fresh Summit expos in the recent past very accessible.
It is one of the ironies of marketing that the healthiest food often isn’t labeled as such at our retail supermarkets.
Perception is reality and a new survey from food and marketing agency Charleston Orwig found that more than a quarter of consumers said they do not trust the vigilance of the food industry’s safety efforts.
As the global produce community comes together in Orlando at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit, let me rank the top ten reports from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service this year.
With a post on their website at 2:30 p.m. Eastern today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped a bombshell.
A sure sign of any significant disruption of the avocado market, as our news editor Chris Koger has said more than once, is a story (or a 1,000 stories) about how Chipotle is coping with the shortage.
Truck rates have been easing, but will the polar vortex change all that?
Lower prices for Florida tomatoes and Mexican avocados drove the Produce Price Index (my own creation) down to lower levels in late January, though prices for Idaho potatoes are trending higher.