Produce - General
The Packer’s Global Organic Produce Expo has added the Ecological Farming Association (EcoFarm) to its list of partners.
The Ontario Produce Marketing Association and Toronto Wholesalers Produce Association are delivering 250 boxes with fresh produce to an isolated First Nation Community.
California’s Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has released a list of steps the group and others in the produce industry, as well as regulators, have taken to address E. coli outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce.
Westborough, Mass.-based BJ’s Wholesale Club has given a $50,000 donation to Forgotten Harvest, a Feeding America member food bank.
By working together with the latest tools, researchers believe growers can help manage some of the effects of climate change and perhaps someday get paid for their efforts.
When President Trump signed the USMCA, responses from the U.S., Canada and Mexican fresh produce industries were generally positive.
The U.S. Apple Association has announced its class of 2020 Young Apple Leaders.
The German retail organization EDEKA Group is featuring citrus treated with Apeel Science’s shelf-life extender in select stores.
Manter International B.V. has acquired shares of another Netherlands-based company, Solidtec B.V.
Love Beets USA, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., has hired Rob Doolan as director of sales.
A recent question I posed to the LinkedIn Fresh Produce Discussion Group deserves a blog post to recount.
Israel-based Evigence Sensors is seeking inroads for its time-temperature sensor in the fresh produce business.
Avocados were the No. 1 item that consumers said they bought as organic at least some of the time, based on those commodities studied in Organic Fresh Trends 2019.
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. — Finding the right marketing channels in an increasingly competitive organic market was the focus of a session at the 40th annual EcoFarm Conference.
California Giant Berry Farms, Watsonville, was busy in 2019 with sustainability programs, but the origin of those efforts came many years ago, according to the company.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has determined that Jeff Pfaff was not “responsibly connected” to a Florida company that violated the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. — Organic farming and marketing is not getting any easier, and a panel of organic supply chain experts at EcoFarm 2020 said the causes include regulations, competition and rising consumer demands.
Many Texas distributors say they’re in kind of an in-between mode — between the sales bump of the holidays and the next buildup that starts as spring nears, tourists arrive and conventions come to town.
The early comments on the Trump administration’s plan to simplify school food rules are rolling in, and folks are testy.
Organics have been a part of the mainstream market for years now, and while the shoppers still see them as their own category, consumers tend to accept organically grown produce as an “added choice”.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association, Ottawa, Ontario, plans to highlight sustainability programs and advocacy work on behalf of Canadian produce companies at the Fruit Logistica exposition.
Ataulfo mangoes from Mexican grower Crespo Organic began shipping in late January and will continue until late August.
What better way to start off 2020 than to shine a light on something fresh, juicy, and unique?
Yuma, Ariz.-based Natural Delights is celebrating National Medjool Date Day on Feb. 4, promotions continuing through the month.
Organics Unlimited, San Diego, has hired Jose Miguel Naranjo as logistics and operations assistant.
LAS VEGAS — A person’s digital presence can begin before birth and will endure long after death, and author Eric Qualman said there is no sense for people to avoid working on their digital reputation now.
If the grower can’t profit from efforts to reduce food waste, then the effort won’t happen.
Hugh Hinton Branch, who founded Hugh H. Branch Inc. in 1957, has died.
Del Monte Fresh Produce North America Inc., Coral Gables, is introducing pineapple tags to highlight sustainability efforts.