Latest News From Produce Podcasts

Ali Cox, CEO and founder of Noble West, an agriculture marketing consultancy, shares how specialty crop growers are currently using regenerative ag, its benefits and its potential for the future.

In this "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast, Quest Resource Management CEO Ray Hatch discusses the importance of reducing food waste and the solutions his company provides to help reduce the amount of produce in landfills.

Carbon Robotics founder and CEO Paul Mikesell talks about barriers growers face to implementing technology and the importance of data in agriculture's future in this "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast episode.

In this podcast episode, Advanced Agriscience's Collin Juurakko shares interesting discoveries he's made about how frost crystals form and how that led to a potential solution for tree-fruit growers across the globe.

In this "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast, Jim Bair, president and CEO of the U.S. Apple Association, talks rising food prices, slowing grower returns and the current challenges to maintaining a profitable apple business.

In this podcast episode, the National Potato Council's Kam Quarles and Bob Mattive and Kelly Turner of Potato Growers of Michigan discuss the importance of potatoes in dietary guidelines, economic impacts and more.

Sean Sundberg, business integration manager for John Deere, shares how a collaboration with Sonoma County Winegrowers on the “vineyard of the future” project will benefit other specialty crop growers.

In this "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast episode, Omer Davidi, CEO of beehive technology platform BeeHero, shares how his company’s innovations help maximize crop yields for an important resource in the produce industry. 

Washington Tree Fruit Association President Jon DeVaney talks about state legislation's affect on the fresh produce industry there and what that could mean for the rest of the country.

In this "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast episode, Marissa Dake of DNO Produce joins LeAnne Ruzzamenti with EFI to discuss how everyone in the fresh produce industry can be an advocate, starting with a few small steps.

The featured guest on this "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast episode is Rob Nickels, who handles category management, procurement and merchandising of fresh produce and floral for Giant Food.

“I did not expect this path for my life,” said Evan Ehlers, founder of Sharing Excess on this “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast episode.

What tech skills do job seekers need to thrive in their search? Rex Lawrence of produce job search firm Joe Produce answers that question and more in this ZAG Tech-partnered "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast.

In this "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast episode, learn about an innovative approach to sustainability on farms from special guest Lilian Autler, Equitable Food Initiative's organizational and workforce development manager.

In this "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast episode, learn from Vonnie Estes, vice president of innovation for International Fresh Produce Association, as she shares how she's helping innovators gain market access.

Who is the man behind PMG's 2023 Produce Retailer of the Year Award? Find out in this raw, uncut interview on the "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast.

Check out the top 10 most popular podcast chats we’ve had with industry leaders, delving into the hot-hot-hot issues of the day.

"The Produce Industry Podcast" has set its sights on an in-person networking event aboard a cruise touring Tampa Bay, Fla., at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure 2024 event.

Check out this episode of "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast that's all about the agtech side of the fresh produce industry.

Retailers and produce companies should collaborate for better security from cyberattacks, says Johnny McGuire, a produce information technology director and head of ProduceSupply.org's Cyber Security Council.

In this "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast episode, learn how improving worker safety and health is more than preventing slips and falls. It's also warmup exercises before a shift. It's feminine products in the restroom.

In the new “In the Bin” podcast, sponsored by Northwest grower-shipper Superfresh Growers, host Tyler Weinbender is shedding light on the fresh fruit industry.

In this "Tip of the Iceberg Podcast" episode, with ZAG Technical Services, Dennis Donohue dives into water, economics, next-generation agriculture workers, robots and more. 

Are Trader Joe’s employees really told to flirt with shoppers? How is it so fun to work there? Why have the two CEOs stayed so long? CEO Bryan Palbaum and company President and Vice CEO Jon Basalone answer.

This Equitable Food Initiative episode of “Tip of the Iceberg Podcast” features Vic Clark, who has 20-plus years in the produce industry and serves on the DEI committee of the International Fresh Produce Association.

On this episode of "Tip of the Iceberg Podcast," learn why Emily Massi's healthy living merchandising manager role was created, how she’s bridging the two worlds and how it benefits consumers and produce retailers.

"Technology is the new ag input" for cybersecurity, labor, data, regulations and all the other produce company stressors of today and in the future, says Greg Gatzke, founder of ZAG Technical Services.

In this episode of "Tip of the Iceberg Podcast," learn from Gretchen Grani of Bonduelle Fresh Americas about how the multinational produce company became B Corp Certified. It wasn't easy, she'll tell you.

In this episode of the "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast, Martha Montoya, CEO of Agtools, shares how she uses 76 data variables to help growers, brokers and retailers make farming, sourcing, buying and selling decisions.

In this "Tip of the Iceberg Podcast" episode, learn from Cristie Mather of marketing agency Curious Plot what benefits produce retailers and suppliers can get in return for investing in social media.

Learn from ZAG Technical Services data expert Thuan Ngo how getting a better handle on the data you already have is key before diving into AI — making smart buying, selling, marketing, investment decisions.

Listen to learn: Why are produce buyers asking for nut bars? How does this help produce sales at retail or the overall basket ring?

In this second episode of our ZAG Technologies series, produce veteran Andy Tudor shares how tech doesn't necessarily involve computers, but it can. Listen to how it's changed the industry and will continue to do so.

How much money is being lost if only 44% of food promotion plans sent down from corporate are executed accurately at the store level?

In an industry that is a dynamic as it is chaotic, fresh produce industry leaders and mental health advocates have shared resources for managing stressors faced every day.

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 1, which introduces a series on produce technology, co-hosted with ZAG Technical Services. It's the hidden side of produce, full of challenges and solutions from farm to shelf.

Learn how an award-winning partnership between The Fresh Market and Firework is inspiring shoppers to buy produce and other grocery ingredients while attending live virtual cooking events.

You know the saying, "It's not all about you?"

Learn the major takeaways from several produce leaders in this final "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast episode of a 12-part series with Equitable Food Initiative.

Listen to this podcast interview to learn: How does The Fresh Market train its personal e-commerce shoppers?

There are 2.6 million men and women working on farms and ranches in the U.S., and consumers want to know about them. Well, there’s a week for that (and those other 51 weeks too).

Podcast host and mom Lori Taylor is celebrating women across the fresh produce industry in a month-long showcase of women leaders.

Listen to the latest episode, conducted in partnership with Equitable Food Initiative.

Walnuts sell so much better when merchandised with produce. That's one part of Robert Verloop's plan for a walnut makeover to increase sales and consumption.

On the "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast: Tom Cingari of the Cingari Family ShopRite supermarkets talks store modernization, sustainable changes, produce trends, digital impulse buys. Read about the first two topics here.

How did this retail professional get into farm labor contracting? What's his greater mission? Read the story summary or listen to the whole story on this episode of the "Tip of the Iceberg" podcast.

In this Tip of the Iceberg Podcast episode teaming up with EFI, learn about a greenhouse brand that expanded a program because of how many supermarket shoppers called the customer hotline about it.

No one wants to be seriously worried about their physical safety — beyond the usual look-both-ways-when-you-cross caution — when they get out of their vehicle and walk to their work building. 

Chris Jorgensen, a produce manager at Food Lion store No. 1472 in Gloucester, Va., is special. Why?

Here’s what a couple inches on a ladder can mean to a produce business and its employees. Listen and learn.