Produce - General
The COVID-19 pandemic has put packaging at a premium, marketers s
Max Yeater, who spent the past 25 years at Pro*Act, is director of strategy at Pacific International Marketing, a new position at the Salinas, Calif., company.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared the outbreak of salmonella linked to peaches from Prima Wawona/Wawona Packing Co., but the Food and Drug Administration is continuing its investigation.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sanctioned Benny F. Hall & Sons LLC for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking steps to officially dissolve the marketing order for potatoes in the state of Washington.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is hosting web seminars every third Monday of the month on how local food systems can respond to needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, Fyffes completed its first corporate-wide Human Rights Impact Asssessment and published its Global Human Rights Policy and Statement.
Pace International is presenting its Postharvest Academy through a series of web seminars on a range of topics affecting apple, citrus, cherries and pears.
The Oppenheimer Group teased new apple packaging at the PMA’s Fresh Summit. The packaging pictured at the virtual booth is a pyramid-shaped paper-based graphic container and holds four Jazz apples.
Staff from Dublin, Calif.-based iTrade Network, a supply-chain solution software company, spoke to Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit 2020 attendees about end-to-end traceability and efficiency.
Andy Hamilton is the new CEO of Markon Cooperative, Salinas, Calif.
Chestnut Hill Farms LLC, Coral Gables, Fla., has promoted Martin Jensen to director of program sales.
Sage Fruit Co. focused its virtual booth at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit on the company’s pear program, its new grab-and-go paper bags and the firm’s partnership with Apeel Sciences.
The Sunripe Freshmarket location in the Hyde Park section of London, Ontario, offers a selection of citrus items year-round, but shoppers seem to prefer product from California, said Randy Jeffery, produce manager.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint alleging Florida Cool Cargo Inc., Miami, has violated the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
CA Grown has been using social media and retail campaigns to promote October as California Farmer and Farmworker Month.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the first California mandarin objective measurement survey.
Kenneth Ruud has joined Summit Packaging Inc., Auburn, Wash., as a regional sales representative in Wenatchee, Wash.
Rockingham, Va.-based Shenandoah Growers Inc. showcase new items and product lines, such as the company’s new dried spice/flavor line and new holiday spices (mulling blend and cinnamon).
A Season & Steam product line extension was the headline news at the Ocean Mist Farms digital booth at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Expo.
At its virtual exhibit at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit, Vero Beach, Fla.-based Seald Sweet International/Greenyard USA focused on the message the supplier is “more than citrus.”
The idea worked the first time, so the Texas International Produce Association is bringing back the Viva Fresh Clean Eating Challenge.
U.S. potato exports for the July – September quarter were down significantly compared to the same period in 2019.
Pear Bureau Northwest is launching the 2020 edition of its annual World Pear Day on December 5.
Pom Wonderful, Los Angeles, is launching its largest digital campaign for pomegranates, pomegranate juice and arils.
The Southeast Produce Council, Millen, Ga., has new dates for its annual show in 2021, with a Star Wars theme — Southern Exposure: The Rise of Produce.
Even in a pandemic year — or, perhaps, because of it — potatoes and onions are an easy sell, marketers say.
There might be a gap for some fall/winter items between the end of production in Salinas, Calif., and the transition to the desert growing areas, but buyers likely will be pleased with the quality out of the desert.
The NGA Show and Indoor Ag-Con, the premier agriculture conference and trade show for the indoor and vertical farming industry, announced that they will co-locate in 2021 for the first time.
In the fall of 2019, Green Thumb Farms launched the “Farmer’s First” program to develop new potato varieties for retailers – and to help consumers discover new products that work well in their kitchens.