Fresh Talk
The coronavirus COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges to our world.
The market distress that the COVID-19 pandemic has created for growers and ranchers has captured near-universal awareness.
Though there is a glimmer of hope now that states are beginning to reopen, the global economic body blows that the COVID-19 pandemic has delivered continue.
I talked today with Peter Machi, long-time sales and purchasing representative with Consumer Fresh Produce Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.
If your favorite thing to do is yoga or eat fresh berries, you probably love going to the doctor’s office and getting a report card on your good health.
Will the new United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally figure out Brexit and make Britain great again?
The Packer’s 125th-anniversary edition is fast approaching.
In my regular web search for what’s trending in fruits and vegetable news, I saw a story this morning headlined “Which fruits and vegetables are safe for your dog?”
Can one of the great spiritual teachers illuminate the right attitude that fresh produce marketers should have with processed fruit and vegetable marketers?
Previous posts in Fresh Talk have looked at top stories from January through August, this post will consider the top stories published by The Packer in September.
I have been looking at the month-to-month leading traffic generators among the news stories on The Packer’s website, and today’s Fresh Talk post considers the flaming hot news of July.
We have been reviewing (see previous posts here) the top-performing produce stories of the year.
In this Fresh Talk blog space, I have been reviewing the top stories in The Packer during 2019.
The last installment of our month-to-month review of the top produce stories of 2019 is at hand.
There are several ways of looking at “the biggest stories” of the year.
If you would like to see a graphic representation of the growth of U.S. imports of avocados, check out this chart.
The tomato market remains tight, though prices have decreased compared with earlier January levels.
Here are newly released statistics on 2019 imports of Mexican tomatoes. Stay tuned for more charts in this space.
It was only two days ago that I posed this question to the LinkedIn Fresh Produce Industry Discussion Group, but it already feels incredibly dated.
Here are a few charts that detail imports and exports by value and volume.
My wife attended yoga class this morning and one of the women said she was soaking fruits and vegetables in water and vinegar out of concern for the coronavirus spreading through food.
There is garlic and then there is everything else.
A look at the Google Trends for the week of April 14 to April 21 reveals some of the top questions in the search bar related to “restaurants” is, “When are restaurants going to reopen?”
Rarely has the produce industry less predictable than it is now.
Can you believe that the government is taking public comments on the border wall?
Can Congress really take up immigration legislation so close to an election year? It seems doubtful, but if it is possible it may be that a targeted approach to H-2A reform would be the vehicle.
Here are a couple of charts showing fresh produce expenditures by generation and income.