Industry News
Healthier Choices Management Corp. CEO Jeffrey Holman announced the continued expansion of its grocery segment through the acquisition of GreenAcres Market.
The International Fresh Produce Association’s annual Foodservice Conference in Monterey, Calif., brought together more than 2,220 attendees, including produce suppliers, menu innovators, K-12 professionals and more.
Organizations representing agriculture, nutrition, conservation, the environment, rural development and more sent a letter to congressional leaders, urging them to act.
Witnesses speaking before the House Committee on Agriculture on July 23 urged policymakers to “head off the economic hemorrhaging” and take the opportunity to substantially course correct the farm safety net.
Northeast Grocery Shopper Link will provide comprehensive and automatic cross-channel reporting and real-time campaign performance tracking for a collaborative and transparent retail media network experience.
Earlier this summer, Harris Teeter and Washington Fruit Growers teamed to provide fresh produce to those in need through their “Apples in Action” campaign.
The growth in organics was a key theme at this year’s OPS at the Monterey Convention Center, where exhibitors featured new products and discussed increased availability of established brands.
Premium Fruit Breeding Company secures the removal of 110 hectares of illegally planted fruit in the largest table grape infringement case in the history of Peru.
A steady volume of Peruvian asparagus coming to the U.S. is helping meet demand now, and more supply is around the corner.
The USDA is taking comments until Sept. 16 on a document that looks at the risks associated with the importation of leaves and stems of fresh sage from Ethiopia into the continental U.S.
After nearly a quarter century of negotiations between Chile and the U.S, the USDA has announced it will allow exporters who send fruit to the U.S. from Chile’s Atacama, Coquimbo and part of Valparaíso an alternative to methyl bromide fumigation.
Delbert Bland, founder of Glennville, Ga.-based Bland Farms and recent inductee into the Vidalia Onion Hall of Fame, sits down with Christina Herrick, produce editor for The Packer, to share his favorite way to eat Vidalia onions, the importance of a federal marketing order and more.
Sustainable packaging solutions were a hot topic at this year’s Organic Produce Summit, where multiple produce companies featured an array of packaging options and discussed solutions in trial and coming to market.
The Masser Family of Companies, an eighth-generation family-owned potato farming company, has formed a strategic partnership with Szawlowski Potato Farms Inc. of Hatfield, Mass.
Held July 10-11 at the Monterey Convention Center, this year’s Organic Produce Summit brought together key players in organic produce ready to talk new products, sustainable packaging and eating experience.
Owned by Four Star Fruit, a producer and marketer of table grapes, the companies say this partnership will help expand the Predictable Commerce Programs for more growers.
What do consumers crave most on their dinner plates? Simplicity with a side of affordability, finds the “2024 Consumer Curiosity Report,” an analysis of consumers nationwide most likely to set the next food trends.
The new store, set to open Oct. 10 in Highlands Ranch, Colo., will feature a larger selection of organic produce and sustainability upgrades, the company says.
The soccer tournament provided workers an opportunity to connect, share experiences and celebrate their contributions to Ontario’s greenhouse vegetable industry, said Richard Lee of Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers.
With a strong showing through the first half of 2024, Walmart’s up-market gain signals potential online challenges for supermarkets, according to a new Brick Meets Click report.
Better Earth said the move bolsters efforts to provide seamless, tech-driven solutions that divert food packaging waste from landfills, improve compliance with solid waste regulations and meet local sustainability goals.
The company said it has 5,000-plus farmed acres of organic medjool dates and a 500,000-square-foot processing footprint.
The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance is among those encouraging lawmakers to protect farm bill investments in specialty crops.
Four Peck’s Markets have joined the member-owned grocery cooperative through their parent company, PSK Supermarkets.
The Ontario-based greenhouse grower says it’s continuing its “steady pressure of innovation” in the tomato category with the launch of three high-quality and flavorful items designed to amplify consumers’ cooking and snacking.
The company says it will bring its produce inventory management and ordering tools to Queen’s Price Chopper, Ray’s Apple Market, and Pruett’s Foods stores.
Small, rural hospitals are struggling to keep, find or hire staff as the omicron variant begins its push across rural America. Rural healthcare advocates say it’s already creating an unsafe situation.
“I wouldn’t be surprised as we put Omicron behind us that we’re going to see a restaurant recovery in the summer. But right now the supermarket is still doing quite well on a historical basis,” says Michael Swanson.
It’s no surprise pork products made the U.S. CBP’s Top 10 Agriculture Seizures of 2021 list more than once. Protecting animal ag is a high priority, especially as deadly swine viruses like ASF move closer to the U.S.
American farms are flavored by every fiber and frailty known to mankind — and each tale needs protection. Enter Vance Crowe and a unique preservation project.