Produce - General
With sweet potato acreage up over the past 15 years but tomato and watermelon acreage down, area harvested for Arkansas vegetables and melons shows mixed trends.
The Georgia Grown program is partnering with Publix Super Markets on the launch of a local campaign.
Recent Shelby Market data has revealed the top retailers by market share in each region of the United States.
The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association has announced the members of its ninth Emerging Leader Development Program class.
The Washington State Department of Agriculture has approved Best Sanitizers Inc.’s Alpet D2 Quat-Free Surface Sanitizer for use by organic food processors.
The Packer and Farm Star Living partner to deliver new content to produce industry and consumer audiences.
With iffy Democratic support, the race is on to pass a farm bill this year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have linked 18 more cases to the E. coli outbreak attributed to chopped romaine from Arizona, bringing the total to 53.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote soon on the Republican-crafted 2018 farm bill after the House Agriculture Committee moved it out of committee along party lines.
There are differences between the current E. coli outbreak and outbreaks in the U.S. and Canada in December, but there is a sense of déjà vu as product disappears from shelves despite the lack of an official recall.
On the eve of a farm bill hearing, the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance presented House Agriculture Committee members specific industry priorities for the legislation in an April 17 letter.
Jakov Dulcich, founder of McFarland, Calif.-based J.P. Dulcich & Sons, was shot and killed April 11.
As part of National Volunteer Week, April 15-21, Total Quality Logistics has more than 60 volunteer activities planned for hundreds of volunteers across the country.
Lucky’s Market looks to grow its store count by more than 40% by the end of 2018.
Asparagus marketers have seen increasing interest in value-added packages.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Produce for Better Health Foundation has the destination: Double fruit and vegetable consumption. The plan to get there should emerge in the next year.
Belle Glade, Fla.-based Heritage Farms Produce has recently launched a value-added tray pack option for sweet corn.
Western Fresh Marketing will sell in excess of 5 million pounds of figs this year, said George Kragie, president of the Madera-based company.
On July 1, U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias Checkpoint in Texas arrested two U.S. citizens attempting to smuggle 12 undocumented immigrants in a tractor-trailer load of onions.
Color, price and visibility will sell plenty of table grapes at retail, California growers and shippers say.
Even as harvest accelerated, New York apple industry leaders rose early Sept. 5 to fly to Washington D.C. to lobby on critical trade issues.
Three months after the USDA pulled the plug on a plan to establish a national organic promotion and research program funded by grower assessments, the Organic Trade Association is resurrecting the plan.
The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation has helped establish corrugated packaging design labs at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., and Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.
The 2018 edition of Interpoma, a biennial event geared to the apple production sector, is set for Nov. 15-17 in Bolzano, Italy.
Skies were sunny and blue on Sept. 11 in Chadbourn, N.C., but Hurricane Florence was bound to change that reality by Sept. 12 or Sept. 13.
Are fresh fruits and vegetables getting their “fair share”?
Catch up with what’s been happening at produce companies in and around Philadelphia.
Portland, Ore.-based USA pears kicked off the start of the 2018 harvest season with actress Amy Smart’s new role as official spokesperson for the group.
The fifth Tour de Fresh has raised $147,000, which will pay for at least 46 salad bars in schools.