Produce - General
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) is asking for nominations for the ninth annual Excellence in Reusable Packaging Award.
Village Farms International Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, is ramping up supplies of greenhouse tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers for the season.
Foodservice distributor Golbon, Boise, Idaho, has added FoodMaven Inc., to its network of distributors.
The Food and Drug Administration will answer questions in a March 18 teleconference on how the coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting food safety and food supplies.
Suddenly, bars, casual eateries, and fine-dining restaurants have nearly vanished.
Farmers who use the H-2A guest worker program are facing COVID-19-related delays in the processing and approval of those workers.
A new survey published by Forager reveals that 29% of consumers want to eat more sustainably.
To help alleviate supermarket food shortages due to the new coronavirus COVID-19, Baldor Specialty Foods will make home deliveries available to people in a 50-mile radius of its Bronx, N.Y. headquarters.
About a week ago, the tidal wave that is the coronavirus began to upend the lives of every American.
The Food and Drug Administration has suspended enforcement of verifying Food Safety Modernization Act audit requirements for importers and food facilities because of the coronavirus COVID-19 spread.
We’ve received more than 100 additional responses to our poll about how the new coronavirus is affecting the produce industry since we initially tallied the results March 12-13.
Inspections of California and Arizona leafy greens, as outlined in the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements for those crops, continue despite the spread of COVID-19.
Field hearings to consider protection measures for U.S. produce against fruit and vegetable imports have been postponed.
Morning Kiss is offering organic Vidalia onions this spring, along with red, yellow and white onions from the Eastern U.S.
Peaches are a well-known crop in the Carolinas and Georgia, but Florida has been getting into the game the past several years with this kind of careful marketing of its more modest crop of snacking-sized peaches.
Dominated by Mexican fruit, total U.S. imports of avocados rose 6.4% in 2019 to more than 1.1 million metric tons.
Retailers can find promotional material for Cinco de Mayo from both Avocados From Mexico and the California Avocado Commission.
The West Coast Produce Expo and the Sustainable Produce Summit, presented by The Packer and Farm Journal, are being postponed until August due to concerns about the coronavirus COVID-19.
The Produce for Better Health Foundation has canceled its April 13-15 Consumer Connection Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., because of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
Bobalu Berries, Oxnard, Calif., has hired Jewell Marketing to build the company’s brand.
D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of California, Salinas, is postponing the 61st annual Broccoli Rabe Feed because of concerns about the coronavirus COVID-19.
Consumers who want a strong immune system are looking to fresh produce.
The National Mango Board is offering new display bins and headers to retailers.
California summer fruit grower-shippers traditionally credit weather with having a say in what kind of season they’ll have.
Companies are reacting in their own ways to the pandemic, from organizing donations of food and money, an attention to worker safety and a little levity to brighten employees’ days.
John Beaulieu has joined Meridian Growers, Madera, Calif., to manage processing of tree nuts.
Heavy rains and hail storms during Vidalia growing season, plus typical spring harvest rains, have cut a chunk out of the season’s yield, but harvesting hasn’t been delayed more than usual.
An updated nutrition book for citrus growers is available from the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
The Produce Marketing Association has cancelled its annual foodservice show in its traditional format, moving to PMA Foodservice: Delivered, a digital event.
Sales of fresh limes seem to be trending upward. At Delano, Calif.-based Wonderful Citrus, Elena Rhodes, director of product management, said in mid-April that sales were up 13% year over year.