Produce - General
The USDA has announced that it has upgraded its Agricultural Transportation Open Data Platform with new datasets and dashboards on rail, truck, barge and ocean vessels.
By volume, U.S. imports of Peruvian asparagus in 2020 totaled 93,652 metric tons, up 2.6% compared with 91,266 metric tons in 2019 and up 7% from 2010.
No need to quibble; all fruits and vegetables should qualify for “healthy” labeling.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Southern Produce Distributors Inc. (SPD), Faison, N.C., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
An unprecedented run of triple-digit heat has stressed and diminished the Northwest tree fruit crops, but the full extent of damage is not yet known.
This week on social media, we found cool robots, a foodservice winner, tips to keep figs fresh, job advice and an orange cake that makes our childhood selves give a wide, sticky grin.
It’s National Peach Month! Celebrate with Jersey Fresh peaches.
Smurfit Kappa, a global leader in paper-based packaging solutions, was awarded in the AmeriStar Package Awards Competition, an event that recognizes the most innovative packaging designs of the year in the U.S.
Fortune Growers and ec2ce, an agriculture technology company based in Spain, have announced their collaboration to deploy advanced predictive analytics in the broccoli sector in Mexico.
Disaster and drought relief is coming to growers, but there is a hitch.
A national coalition representing thousands of Western farmers, ranchers, water providers, businesses and communities stressed the importance of Senate passage of bipartisan Infrastructure legislation.
Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization, announced a two-year grant from the California Workforce Development Board awarded in with Measure to Improve, LLC.
Mona, Utah-based Houweling US Holdings, Inc. is launching the Longvine Growing Co as the company rebrands and resets for the next evolution of company growth.
As extreme heat and fires plague much of the West, wildland firefighters go from fire to fire with little end in sight.
Everyone’s time is valuable. You never want to go into a meeting flatfooted.
Kieler, Wisc.-based PSSI, a food safety and contract sanitation provider, will acquire Safe Foods Corp., a food safety performance management company with expertise in antimicrobial technology.
Healthy Family Project’s annual Power Your Lunchbox campaign launched today with a focus on empowering kids to pack their own lunches, make after school snacks and help prepare family meals.
The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission (NCSPC) named FullTilt Marketing its domestic agency for marketing and public relations.
Innovation has always been the cornerstone of Gold Coast’s growth strategy, and the company’s newest item, Vegetable Ceviche is the first to market for a seafood substitute.
IFG is pleased to announce it has expanded its Commercial Team with the addition of Dr. Elena Aguaron in the newly created position of Regional Commercial Manager, Americas (Table Grapes).
The Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WSTFA) has released its forecast for the 2021 Washington state fresh apple crop.
To say the COVID-19 pandemic had a dramatic impact on consumer attitudes on plastic packaging would be a huge understatement, Matt Dusi thinks.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that $10 million is available for competitive grant funding in the 2021 Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP).
By a wide margin, Giant Food Stores is the retail market leader in Maryland, Virginia and the District Columbia.
The growth of avocado consumption is a runaway success story, but that doesn’t mean growers and handlers have no worries.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program is missed by fresh produce distributors everywhere, including in Maryland and Virginia.
The COVID-19 pandemic depressed foodservice sales and employment for much of 2020.
Johanna Mirenda, Organic Trade Association farm policy director, is laser-focused specifically on the fresh produce industry in two ways.
At its newest expansion, Albion, N.Y.-based Intergrow Greenhouses has opened a 10-acre greenhouse, expected to produce more than 3 million pounds of fresh produce a year to serve the entire Eastern Seaboard.
Coosemans DC is seeing strong demand for both retail and foodservice offerings, said Lolo Mengel, CEO of the Jessup, Md.-based company.