Produce - General
The Washington Apple Education Foundation replaced its annual scholarship luncheon with a scholarship celebration film.
For Ohio produce suppliers and their foodservice clients, things were going — and growing — smoothly through the winter months.
Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, e-newsletters—coupled with the traditional formats of print, television, and in-store displays, the number of marketing opportunities to drive consumers...
The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t seem to have hurt sales of organic produce.
Though “normal” likely would be the last way one might describe 2020, onion suppliers across the Idaho-Eastern Oregon region say they can at least expect some normality in their crops this year.
The coronavirus has thrown new challenges at Philadelphia produce shippers and wholesalers as they manage customer and employee relationships.
Consumers seem to have an affinity for organic avocados, and suppliers are doing their best to keep the organic pipeline flowing.
A successful package-recycling program is a numbers game, according to Jeff Brandenburg, president and primary consultant for the Greenfield, Mass.-based JSB Group LLC and QFresh Lab in Salinas, Calif.
Seven years ago, when Steve Wright signed on with Shenandoah Growers Inc., a Rockingham, Va.-based herb grower, about 20% of the company’s products were organically grown and 80% were conventional.
Michigan’s apple harvest is set to begin on time, with early varieties, including Paula red and ginger gold, starting in late August.
Tree-ripened peaches from California’s San Joaquin Valley were shipped by air to four Gelson’s stores in the Los Angeles region, and the experiment was hailed as a success.
In certain areas of Quebec, crops thrive in that special mucky, black soil that many upstate New York growers enjoy.
The trend in packaging for the produce industry early this year was toward eliminating single-use plastic or even doing away with packaging altogether, merchandising fruits and vegetables loose in bulk displays.
Mushrooms and the concept of sustainability seem to go hand in hand.
Salsa joins the list of recalled food caught up in a nationwide advisory on onions because of an outbreak of Salmonella Newport.
Organic fraud and traceability techniques are the focus of two new courses offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Organic Integrity Learning Center.
Fresh Innovations LLC has opened two new facilities and plans to launch a new, innovative product in the fall, said Jay Alley, vice president of sales.
Landover, Md.-based Giant Food Stores are king of the hill and likely to stay that way.
To-Jo Mushrooms, Avondale, Pa., offers a full range of mushroom varieties, said Kevin Delaney, vice president of sales and marketing.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to eat Alfalfa & Radish Micro-greens from Sunsprout after a routine test found the presence of salmonella.
More than 30 produce industry organizations are asking Congress for more resources for growers to protect their workforce against COVID-19.
There should be plenty of good-quality hass avocados available throughout the fall — and beyond — with an estimated 2.6 billion pounds shipped by growers in California, Mexico, Peru and Chile.
The new coronavirus has created trying conditions for mushroom grower-shippers, especially those who do a significant amount of business with foodservice operators.
Bronx, N.Y.-based FreshDirect is enhancing its service offering to the Washington, D.C., metro area.
U.S. and Canadian mushroom supplies were starting to inch back up in midsummer after growers curtailed planting in response to a precipitous drop in sales when COVID-19 hit in March.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act licenses of three companies.
Keenes, Il-based Frey Farms is rebranding its entire line from Frey Farms to Sarah’s Homegrown by Frey Farms.
The Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into an outbreak of cyclospora infection from Fresh Express garden salads led the agency to Florida, where the parasite was found in a canal.
The Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into an outbreak of cyclospora infection from Fresh Express garden salads led the agency to Florida, where the parasite was found in a canal.