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The group is launching a series of Snack Responsibly-themed ads through social media platforms.
Sales on SnapDragon this year were up 70% by Oct. 31 compared to last year, says owner and operator Alisha Albinder Camac.
D’Arrigo is vice president of communications and marketing at D’Arrigo New York, which has been a partner to the nonprofit organization that distributes produce as a way to introduce healthy lifestyles to families.
With optimism abound in orchards, the association is also highlighting its school initiatives and plans to aid retailers.
USDA data reports rising truck rates to New York from various produce shipping districts.
A new economic model from Cornell University found that the economic effect of the New York apple industry is 21% larger than traditional models had estimated.
Recent Shelby Market data has revealed the top retailers by market share in each region of the United States.
BRONX, N.Y. — Northeast Editor Amy Sowder recaps her latest visit to Hunts Point Produce Market to chat with Gabriela D’Arrigo of D’Arrigo New York.
Crunch Time Apple Growers, marketer of SnapDragon and RubyFrost apples, received three awards for marketing the apples.
Rhode Island government and community leaders joined Viraj Puri, co-founder and CEO of Gotham Greens, Brooklyn, N.Y., in announcing the company’s first urban greenhouse farm in New England.
Fresh greens from Bowery Farming, New York, N.Y., are now available throughout the greater New York area from Peapod and will be offered on AmazonFresh in mid-April.
The 17th class of the Empire State Food and Agricultural Leadership Institute completed the Lead Fellows portion of the training program.
The U.S. Apple Association awarded a $4,000 Apples4Ed grant to help the Rensselaer City School District in New York create a healthy snacking program encouraging student participation in physical activity — basically an outdoor snack station in the middle of a running track.
Eastern Produce Council members heard from former New York Giant football great George Martin the group’s second annual Tailgate event.
Coral Gables, Fla.-based Fyffes Inc. donated 2,500 bananas to participants at PurpleStride New York City.
The New York Apple Association has promoted Cailin Kowalewski to account manager.
Apple grower-shippers in New York report a promising bloom set up by near perfect weather throughout the state in May.
Heavy rains in upstate and central New York caused flooding in some regions but should help the development of the apple crop.
More than 50,000 runners in the TCS New York City Marathon will receive New York-grown apples when they cross the finish line.
Jim Allen, vice president of marketing for New York Apple Sales and former president of the state’s apple association, has been honored by the New York State Agricultural Society.
About 50 growers from across New York state filled a small room at the SRC Arena in Syracuse, N.Y., during the Empire State Producers Expo to learn about meeting Food Safety Modernization Act requirements.
New York-based BrightFarms plans to build a 250,000-square-foot greenhouse in Snyder County, Pa. — its second greenhouse in the state.
Buying local produce has become more practical with a growing program called Local Pledge by Baldor Specialty Foods, a distributor based in the Hunts Point neighborhood of Bronx, N.Y.
Though temperatures in the 90s and dry conditions turned up the heat on New York produce in early July, shippers said the growing season up to that point has been near ideal.
NEW YORK — Wilda Ortega took all sorts of specialty produce out of display baskets to show visitors at the Coosemans New York booth at the New York Produce Show and Conference.
NEW YORK — Gourmet’s Finest promoted its Mushroom Crumbles at the New York Produce Show and Conference.
New York officials say they’re granting $4.6 million to finish projects permanently protecting 2,200 acres of farmland in five counties.
WESTCHESTER, NY — FreshDirect trucks, seemingly ubiquitous in New York City, are popping up more and more in surrounding suburbs.
Produce with superpowers and disappearing packaging: Come be amazed at Arrowfarms’ booth at the 2021 New York Produce Show, Dec. 12-16.