Produce Education
The foundation seeks to close the gap between disease treatment spending and nutritional prevention with the aim of increasing fresh produce consumption and building healthier communities around the globe.
More than 2,800 associates have earned diplomas since the program launch, according to the vertically integrated company that grows, harvests and sells premium greenhouse tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers.
FitzGerald has joined DNO Produce to help lead the company’s program to educate kids on healthy snack choices.
IFPA Chief Science Officer Max Teplitski says the food safety approach sets the direction and commits to shared responsibility in enhancing produce safety from farm to fork.
A recent University of Florida report lays out current research on “chrononutrition” and how food timing and culture can play a role in diet quality.
The International Fresh Produce Association will host a K-12 School Foodservice Forum in conjunction with its Foodservice Conference to put the spotlight on the buying power of schools.
Get a quick visual guide on papaya varieties to help you better buy and sell this tropical commodity.
Mainstream U.S. consumers are starting to realize how awesome the super-sweet, golden flesh of mangoes can be, joining the rest of the world in its appreciation.
Episode 35 of Tip of the Iceberg Podcast features Nick Houshower of private equity firm Equilibrium, an investor in the greenhouse produce space, including with Little Leaf Farms, Revol Greens, AppHarvest and Houwelings.
Making sense of the mandarin’s place in the citrus world.
The Consumer Connection Conference, a driver in efforts to boost fruit and vegetable consumption, will welcome leaders in produce, nutrition and lifestyle from April 29 to May 1 in Phoenix.
“Impact Retail Foodservice 2024" will gather industry experts to discuss opportunities and challenges, as well as share insights for driving growth in the year ahead in one of the hottest departments in grocery.
Here’s how University of Connecticut Extension is providing education and engagement to local fruit and vegetable growers while also empowering young people with a stronger connection to their food.
The poster, which features age-appropriate ways to talk with children about fruits and vegetables, will be co-branded with Kids Eat in Color and The Foundation for Fresh Produce’s Have A Plant logo.
Top industry experts will share their insight about how technology can improve grocer warehouse and in-store operations in a free webinar at 1 p.m. Pacific/4 p.m. Eastern on March 30.
This holiday season may you enjoy time with family enough that the gifts gather dust in perpetuity on your very own gifting shelf.
There were insights aplenty in The Mushroom Council’s webinar, “Getting to Know Mushroom Consumers,” featuring consumer research and analysis from Jonna Parker of IRI and Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics.
Chris Miller is someone who can nerd out with a colleague over a moon and stars variety of watermelon — so much that shoppers will stop and ask about it.
Where a banana falls on a green-to-yellow spectrum holds the key to where this banana will travel next on its circuitous journey from farm to produce aisle.
International Fresh Produce Association’s June 7-8 Retail Conference will be in Oak Brook, Ill., in the Chicago area.
Meet Healthy Family Project’s new dietitian team for the Mission for Nutrition campaign, which arms hundreds of retail dietitians and school foodservice and nutrition directors with nutrition resources.
Here’s the lowdown on some of the most common varieties.
ORLANDO, Fla. — One major riddle of our produce industry is how we can have so much food waste with so many people experiencing food insecurity and nutrition deficiency in a relatively wealthy country.
Get some useful — and just plain interesting — facts about cherries while they’re in peak season.
Mulling over melon practices: My, how our perspective changes as we grow up, open our minds and discover that the Greatest Generation might have known something we didn’t.
That final chance — the last 50 feet — to sell your produce is the topic of the inaugural New England Produce Council Produce Manager Leadership Development Program, presented at NEPC’s annual expo August 22.
The largest citrus fruit isn’t the Sumo citrus, as the name suggests. It’s not the pink, white or ruby red grapefruit either.