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11% of customers purchased apricots within the past 12 months. They were the No. 1 fruit that shoppers bought as organic periodically, with 50% of buyers saying they selected organic fruit at least some of the time.
A coalition of farmers and organizations ran an ad in the Wall Street Journal to educate consumers on the fact that farms producing much of the food in the U.S. shouldn’t be taken for granted.
The pandemic has changed the world, and more consumers than ever are affecting the global marketplace with their strong commitments to positive social and environmental impacts through their purchasing power.
Advertised produce specials, or “ads,” have always been powerful marketing tools. Exactly how is not always so clear.
Sustainability, a buzzword in the produce industry for years, seems to be going mainstream as more consumers, including millennials, call for eco-friendly practices and products at every turn.
West Pak has added Apeel treatment capability to its Michoacan facility. The addition will allow the company to offer extended life avocados year-round.
Officials with the Eagle, Idaho-based Idaho Potato Commission participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory.
California water agencies will receive just 5% of what they requested. That’s down from an allocated 15% in January. The beginning of 2022 was the driest January through March stretch in 100 years.
Western Fresh Marketing Inc. recently moved to a new office in Fresno, Calif., after 23 years in nearby Madera. The new location places the company more strategically.
When Jonas Salk invented the polio vaccine in 1953, he was feted in a New York ticker tape parade and hailed as the “great doctor-benefactor of his time.” Compare that to today.
Michele McMillan has accepted the position of director of sales, retail with Ippolito Fruit & Produce Ltd.
Chilean exporter Subsole, agreed to sell to Frutura, formed in 2021 with the acquisition of Agrícola Don Ricardo in Peru, Dayka & Hackett in California and TerraFresh Organics US and Frutura Uruguay in March 2022.
Growers in Mexico are expected to produce about 25.5 million 18-pound boxes of table grapes this season — an increase from last year’s packout of about 21.3 million boxes.
The California Fresh Fruit Association President Ian LeMay recently penned an op-ed highlighting the impacts of inflation on the state’s agriculture and specifically, stone fruit industry.
The Los Angeles-based marketing agency with scores of high-profile produce industry clients, celebrates a milestone.
Ten Acre Marketing hired marketing veteran Angela Sommers. Most recently, Angela was the director of marketing and communications for BelleHarvest, where she led marketing efforts for the sales organization.
Holloway President Vard Terry was an agvocate five decades before the term existed, and I’m not sure there’s a better advocate of the industry today.
Part of that hard-won dominance is due to the state’s perfect combination of soils and temperatures that sweet potatoes need, says the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Strong retail relationships are the bedrock of Hy-Vee’s produce department.
The Packer’s 13th annual Women in Produce issue honors eight industry leaders, like Raquel Espinoza, who play pivotal roles in the success of their own organizations, as well as the produce industry as a whole.
Years ago, I, along with another produce specialist, supervised a 66-store chain.
Not too long ago, few would have thought strawberries would hold a prominent spot along with tomatoes, cucumbers and bell pepper in Ontario’s flourishing greenhouse industry.
The California ag industry has lost $2.1 billion in exports between May and September 2021, a letter to 13 major shipping carriers from two California Senators said. It urged these companies to ship stalled products.
The Packer’s 13th annual Women in Produce issue honors eight industry leaders, like Hollee Alexander, who play pivotal roles in the success of their own organizations, as well as the produce industry as a whole.
Consumers quickly shifted to online grocery shopping during the pandemic, and that trend is likely to continue as shoppers become more accustomed to the convenience of shopping from home.
Fresh Farms hired John Senn as a sales associate. Senn will be working in the Kingsburg, Calif. office, and represent the company’s grape, vegetable and melon categories.
Produce firms in New Jersey, California and Washington were recently awarded Department of Defense contracts to supply fresh fruits and vegetables to troops, commissaries and schools.
Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Peak of the Market has been re-established as a for-profit company and will now be known as Peak of the Market Ltd, according to a news release.
The USDA has announced that it will conduct another referendum among South Texas onion producers to determine their level of support for continuing their federal marketing order.
The Grower-Shipper Association of Central California recently appointed Victor Ramirez of NorCal Harvesting as its new vice-chair and Greg Beach of Steinbeck Country Produce as its secretary.