Fresh Talk
A few years ago, Larry Danielson — a retired former employee of the Red Book (now Produce Market Guide) — mailed The Packer a slim 89-page paperback book.
As promised, I said would look at the newly updated per capita availability numbers with an eye toward the under-performing fresh commodities compared with their peers.
Having taken a quick look this morning at the recently updated per capita numbers for fresh vegetables, I am here to tell you the winners and losers.
House Republicans are trying to pass a farm bill and likely must do it without help from the Democrats.
MONTEREY, California — Meal kit business continues to grow for HelloFresh and the company’s attention on packaging needs is growing along with it.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture pulled the plug on the proposed organic marketing board before the drama of a referendum could unfold.
We all love “fails” on the internet, as long it is not us.
I am still getting some insightful responses to my recent question:
Amazon wants you to buy groceries online, and it seems they will succeed.
I was talking with a Wisconsin potato shipper the other day and he mentioned that he (and others, of course) can’t wait for the day of self-driving, autonomous trucks.
Anyone who would put needles in strawberries is surely evil, or truly sick.
Shipping point prices of romaine lettuce in December slid very low, from nearly $24 per carton early in the month to just $8 per carton late in the month.
What is the relative importance of each state to the fresh produce industry?
There is no Dow Jones Average for produce, unfortunately, but the quest to measure the market persists.
How much is food choice based on a logical thought process versus an instinctual, “primal” desire?
Instead of going out to lunch for that quarter-pounder bacon burger, why not just pick the salad bar?
The urban legend of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx goes something to the effect that people or teams on the cover of the magazine subsequently experience bad luck.
Consumer expenditures on fruit and vegetables took a jump in 2017, but not as much as the percentage hike in overall spending on food.
The importance of traditional stone fruit has slid in California over the past 20 years.
Comments are due on April 22 on the Food and Drug Administration’s Guide to Minimize Food Safety Hazards of Fresh-cut Produce: Draft Guidance for Industry.
How do exports of U.S. fresh vegetables compare with imports?
Have you taken the Hitchcock Farms produce quiz?
A simple inquiry — what has happened to fresh tomato shipments during the last decade, especially relative to Florida and Mexico?
We have a two-year-old grandson, which is a column topic in itself.
What is the value of U.S. Department of Agriculture destination inspections for the produce industry?
How long will uncertainty continue related to the E. coli and romaine investigation?