Produce - General
Grimmway Farms President Jeff Huckaby joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and other ag leaders on March 19 to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
Los Angeles-based Hurst International is touting item-level traceability capabilities of its patented Print on Demand (POD) Versaprint labeling system.
Watsonville, Calif.-based Driscoll’s Inc. has filed a complaint in federal court against strawberry breeding company California Berry Cultivars and the company’s co-founder Douglas Shaw.
By value, both U.S. imports and exports of grapes were up in 2018.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Chiquita Brands International is using water recycling programs to reduce its water use 1.7 billion liters per year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee will meet May 9.
The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council welcomes three new board members: Erica Shiles, Bonnie Lundblad and Matt Duffield.
Tasteful Selections, Arvin, Calif., has hired Celeste Porter as chief financial officer.
U.S. imports of organic blueberries have rocketed from $2.9 million in 2011 to $117.4 million in 2018.
Selling land and shedding jobs, Kern County grape and cherry grower Vincent B. Zaninovich & Sons Inc. is in the midst of what appears to be a major restructuring of its business.
Organically Grown Co., Eugene, Ore., has received a $750,000 loan to help it move to a new ownership structure.
U.S. imports of strawberries have trended sharply higher in the past five years, trade data show.
The Packer’s Fifth Annual West Coast Produce Expo offers exclusive farm field tours to retail and foodservice buyers.
With new duties on Mexican tomatoes entering the U.S., industry groups said negotiations between the Department of Commerce and Mexico’s tomato industry must continue.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sanctioned C&D Produce Outlet South Inc., Palm Springs, Fla., for Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act violations.
Tropical fruit sales for Melissa’s World Variety Produce are growing strong for a number of items, said Robert Schueller, marketing manager, Los Angeles.
JBT Corp., Chicago, is purchasing United Kingdom-based Proseal, which specializes in tray sealing technology for the produce and other industries.
The team at Divine Flavor is constantly raising the bar—not only when it comes to sustainability and well-being, but also through innovation to offer unique products.
Cheryl Williams has joined Bottomley Evergreens and Farms, Ennice, N.C., as director of produce sales and procurement.
Chilean clementines are on the water and Chile’s summer citrus season has begun.
Last week on Produce Market Guide searches for limes and chili peppers increase significantly.
The Packer’s West Coast Produce Expo has named Brighter Bites as the event’s golf tournament beneficiary.
The use of plastics across the produce supply chain is the focus of a new industry working group formed by the Canadian Produce Marketing Association.
The Department of Commerce sent what one Florida source called a “new and constructive proposal” to Mexican tomato exporters on May 3.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking comments until July 5 on a proposal to change U.S. fuji apple grade standards.
Procacci Holdings LLC’s Garden State Farms at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market has expanded with the purchase of a neighbor at the facility, A. Vassallo Inc.
Interfresh Inc., Orange, Calif., has hired Michael “Jake” Jacobs as director of business development, in a new Scottsdale, Ariz., office for the company.
About two dozen retail, wholesale and foodservice produce buyers joined South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers for an agriculture summit.
Several tropical fruits are closer to access to the U.S. market.