Organics
The Organic Trade Association is in the midst of a two-week “Congressional fly-in” to engage legislators on climate change.
Middleboro, Mass-based Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. expects to have more fresh fruit this year compared with 2019.
Organic apples out of Washington are a hot commodity and look to gain further ground in the coming years, marketers say.
West Bridgewater, Mass.-based Oke USA Fruit Co./Equal Exchange Produce has partnerships with four small-scale banana producer cooperatives in Ecuador and Peru that produce organic fair trade bananas year-round.
Veg-Fresh Farms, Corona, Calif., is starting its winter citrus season.
The organic food industry in Canada continues to see growth, with sales now at $6.9 billion annually, representing 3.2% of grocery sales.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s just-released 2019 Organic Survey shows total sales of $9.93 billion in organic products, 31% higher than 2016.
DiSilva Fruit and Morning Kiss Organic are ready to deliver delicious, vitamin-packed organic and conventional citrus for the coming citrus season.
Awe Sum Organics has made a leadership pledge to the Homeless Garden Project’s new permanent home and expanded farm located in the hills just above the city of Santa Cruz in the Pogonip area UC-Santa Cruz.
Organto Foods Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Fresh Organic Choice, a privately held Dutch corporation.
Leaders from three organic fresh produce companies agree that the outlook for the organic industry is positive heading into the new year, as they explored issues during the Organic Grower Summit Roundtable.
The Organic Trade Association will host its first buyers mission at the annual Organic Produce Summit July 10-11 in Monterey, Calif.
Pacific Organic Produce, San Francisco, has hired Gerry Chua, Manuel Pinon and Tina Barnes to it sales and grower relations teams.
North Shore Herbs and Greens, Thermal, Calif., is showcasing its new organic potted microgreens at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
West Mexico provides a large amount of the fruits and vegetables consumed in the U.S. each winter, and that includes an ever-expanding selection of organic produce.
Organically grown products and sustainable packaging should go hand in hand, so many organic growers, shippers and distributors are launching programs to reduce the use of plastics.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Finding messages that will motivate “light” organic consumers to eat more is the goal of new consumer research by the Organic Trade Association.
Morning Kiss Organics, Chelsea, Mass., expects to see its biggest year for specialty citrus, with sales of cara caras increasing significantly over the past five years.
Organic apple volumes are up year-over-year, and Nielsen data from November 2019 shows that organic apples make up 8% of apple category volume and 10% of category dollars on average in the U.S.
Citrus has become one of the produce department’s leading organic items.
Jan McCaffrey has been hired as vice president of people at Organically Grown Co., Portland, Ore.
Spinach was the second most popular item that consumers bought as organic at least some of the time, of those studied in Organic Fresh Trends 2020.
Younger shoppers are more open to buying organic tomatoes every time they make a purchase, according to Organic Fresh Trends 2020.
El Grupo Crespo, which markets Crespo-brand mangoes, has opened its packing facility in Chiapas, packing and shipping organic mangoes from the facility.
Ben Josephson has returned to Wada Farms Marketing Group LLC as sales director after having stepped away temporarily, said Eric Beck, marketing director with the Idaho Falls, Idaho-based potato grower-shipper.
A&A Organic Farms, Watsonville, Calif., is busy with a full line of spring crops.
Good growing weather this winter should result in some exceptional fruit and vegetable crops out of California’s Salinas Valley this season.
Awe Sum Organics, Santa Cruz, Calif., will be starting its Mexican table grape program in mid-May.
Cal-Organic Farms, Bakersfield, Calif., is preparing to ship new crop yellow, red and white onions from the Coachella Valley in mid-May.
Lakeside Organic Gardens, Watsonville, Calif., has a unique new product, organic fioretto.