Produce - General
Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers praised the Japanese Diet’s approval of the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement and urged the U.S. to address additional barriers to trade with Japan.
Recent in-store demos show strongly positive consumer feedback on the SweeTango apple’s taste, quality, value and convenience, marketers report.
The topic of plastic in produce packaging has been addressed in a big way by the Canadian Produce Marketing Association.
Devens, Mass.-based greenhouse grower Little Leaf Farms is entering expansion mode with the help of nearly $40 million from Bank of America.
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A Celebration of Life service has been scheduled for Frieda Rapoport Caplan, who died Jan. 18.
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2019 retail sales of organic fruits and vegetables grew twice as fast as sales of conventional produce, according to a new study on organic sales.
The United Fresh Produce Association has expanded the Partner X-Change matchmaking sessions between companies at its annual show.
Citrus volume out of Texas as of mid-January was on pace with last year, and growers were not reporting any major quality problems.
The United Fresh Start Foundation has awarded a total of $53,000 to eight organizations through its 2020 Community Innovation Grants Program.
Sales of organic mushrooms increased from 2017 to 2018, up nearly $13.5 million from 2017 to 2018.
BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y., has promoted Abby Prior to senior vice president of sales and marketing, and Matt DiNitto as director of sales — East.
Ippolito International, Salinas, Calif., has added Lara Grossman and Roberto Ornelas to its sales and marketing staff.
Pro*Act has chosen 14 recipients for the latest round of Cultivating Change Local Farm Grant Program, boosting their food safety, sustainability and wholesale readiness efforts.
LAS VEGAS — Election-year politics will present a big challenge to reform efforts for H-2A regulations, but growers must be prepared to lobby for changes in the increasingly important farm labor program.
Texas Customs and Border Protection agents recently found nine people being smuggled into the U.S. in a shipment of fresh produce.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reinstated Epic Fresh Produce LLC’s ability to operate in the fresh produce industry.
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture has promoted Joe Atchison III to director of its marketing and development division.
Meijer plans to expand its partnership with Flashfood to all 246 of its stores by the end of the year following a pilot program that cut in-store food waste by 10%.
Packaging company Sev-Rend, Collinsville, Ill., has hired Art Vega as vice president of business development.
Michel Picandet is the new executive vice president and head of Tomra Food, which designs and makes fresh produce sorting and grading equipment.
Organic citrus growers in California and Texas are reporting ample supplies of good-quality fruit this season, with demand continuing to expand.
Brighter Bites, Houston, recently elected three new board members.
Watsonville Coast Produce Inc., Watsonville, Calif., has promoted Jerud Manfre to vice president of operations and Adrian Contreras to sales manager.
Santa Paula, Calif.-based Calavo Growers, through its Renaissance Food Group subsidiary, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SFFI Co. Inc., also known as Simply Fresh Fruit.
Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, is expanding its global avocado network with a partnership to market South African fruit to Europe and Asian markets, including China.
This year’s nominees for the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award includes Sinclair International’s EcoLabel.
Nace Brian Cohen, who founded Progressive Produce in Los Angeles in 1967 with Charles Gilb, as a potato and onion company, has died.
A Boston-based investment company is enabling London-based Westfalia Fruit International Ltd. To expand its ability to supply global markets with avocados.