Produce - General
What do the thousands of folks in the produce industry share?
With no severe frost or winter damage, growers of New Jersey blueberries expect a good crop for 2018, with harvest start dates lagging a little from a year ago.
Last week U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at a Texas port of entry discovered a rare pest never before seen in the U.S. in a shipment of Persian limes.
Four finalists have been selected to compete in the inaugural Radicle Automation Challenge for a minimum of $250,000 in investment capital.
The Produce Traceability Initiative is a worthwhile investment, especially in the event of outbreaks, according to key industry stakeholders.
Four more deaths have been reported in connection with the E. coli outbreak linked to Arizona romaine.
HLB Specialties reports that papaya shipments from Brazil have resumed after being delayed for a about week and a half due to trucker strikes.
GILROY, Calif. — There has been a resurgence of California garlic in the last ten years, and the 2018 California garlic crop will put an exclamation point on that trend.
Industry veteran Peter Hill started May 24 as vice president of food safety and grower relations at Berry Fresh LLC.
Attendees to the United Fresh Produce Association Expo are invited to connect with dozens of school foodservice buyers at the Fresh Festival for School Foodservice on Tuesday, June 26 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
German-based plant breeding company KWS has updated its January offer to buy Bayer AG’s vegetable seed business.
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The new Kwik Lok 912, combined with Matthews Marking Systems eSolarMark Fiber laser-coding system, allows new capabilities to include information and graphics on closures.
Capital City Fruit, Norwalk, Iowa, continues its donation program, recently donating 135 watermelons to area charities.
Freight brokerage Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, has received the “Best in Cargo Security” award for cargo theft prevention efforts.
Giving his outlook on the next few months in Washington D.C., Robert Guenther, senior vice president of public policy for the United Fresh Produce Association, talks with Tom Karst, editor of The Packer, on Aug. 14
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A 10-acre hydroponic greenhouse complex and a large potato farming operation in O’Neill, Neb., were two of several agricultural businesses targeted in raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a “before” shot of food safety practices on the farm, perhaps followed ten years from now with a more flattering “after” shot.
A new video series introduced by Side Delights and Fresh Solutions Network invokes passion for potatoes as a comfort food and shares the story behind the brands.
Tantalizing New Jersey peaches are in full view of the state’s residents in early August.
The U.S., which won a World Trade Organization ruling against Indonesia in 2017 concerning import restrictions on apples, grapes, potatoes, onions and other items, says the country has not changed its policies.
On Aug 10, Los Alamitos, Calif.-based Frieda’s Specialty Produce will celebrate the 95th birthday of its legendary founder Frieda Rapoport Caplan.
Oviedo, Fla.-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods is encouraging Fresh Summit attendees to share legacy stories and goals at their Fresh Summit booth — and support the Salad Bars to Schools program.
The Peruvian Asparagus Importers Association will be well-represented at the Produce Marketing Association’s Oct. 18-20 Fresh Summit in Orlando, Fla.
New Rochelle, N.Y.-based LGS Specialty Sales has announced that its Tiny Tim’s mini avocados are now available in a more economical bag.
Our digital library of past issues of The Packer goes back to 1993, and that makes recalling the headlines of Fresh Summit expos in the recent past very accessible.
Fast-moving Hurricane Michael did substantial damage to Georgia vegetable fall crops, but it is too soon to say how much was lost.
Arvin, Calif.-based Tasteful Selections, in partnership with RPE Inc., is implementing a comprehensive rebrand of its full line of bite-size potatoes.
Pleasant Prairie, Wis.-based Good Foods has introduced a plant-based dip line featuring five new products.