Produce Podcasts
PMG staff members discuss: How has the produce industry affected your lifestyle, off the clock?
In Episode 71 of the Tip of the Iceberg Podcast, Mike Mauti of Execulytics talks about Toronto retail, and this feature reveals the hottest produce retail trends in the greater Toronto area.
We talk with John Purcell, president and CEO of Unfold, a seed genetics company launched in 2020 to help specifically vertical indoor farms.
Grocery store shelves shouldn’t be as spotty and short as they were the first few weeks of 2022, but freight and other logistics have a long way to go for improvement. Learn more on our Tip of the Iceberg Podcast.
“You get a lot of bang for your buck with veggies, because you can eat a decent amount and really feel full with all that fiber. And the calories are just very low,” registered dietitian Danielle Magnus said.
How do you convince mushroom haters to no longer hate?
When someone pivotal to the fresh produce industry — as Tom Stenzel is — retires, the industry notices.
“I know I have to perform every year and deepen the customer relationship,” Jason Hanson says. “You can’t take a loyal customer for granted.”
Podcast: Bowery Farming interview. Read: CEA news, including 20 companies — including Bowery, AeroFarms, Plenty, Crop One, Kalera, Freight Farms and Elevate Farms — sign a manifesto and identity statement.
Listen to this podcast episode with host Amy Sowder and guest or watch the video to learn how to generate excitement with your region’s seasonal produce.
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.
How much money is being lost if only 44% of food promotion plans sent down from corporate are executed accurately at the store level?
Listen to learn: Why are produce buyers asking for nut bars? How does this help produce sales at retail or the overall basket ring?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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 “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast, Maisie Ganzler, strategic adviser for Bon Appetit Management Co., joins EFI’s LeAnne Ruzzamenti to discuss how companies can make a sustainability plan and communicate progress.
Frank Yiannas, former FDA deputy commissioner of food policy and response, and Steve Statler, chief marketing officer and head of food safety with Wiliot, share how technology can help improve efficiency.
Chris Sandwick, marketing director for Hess Bros. Fruit Co., talks about the introduction of WildTwist and the challenges of marketing new apple varieties in a competitive market in this “Tip of the Iceberg” episode.
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 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.
Chris Pawelski, a fourth-generation farmer, grassroots public policy advocate and subject of a recent documentary, discusses the intersection of farming challenges and mental health on the “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast.
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.
VIDEO: Todd Fryhover, president of the Washington Apple Commission, who will retire this year after 18 years with the organization, talks about the apple industry’s future and shares some career highlights.
Steve Statler, chief marketing officer and head of food safety with Wiliot, shares the benefits that artificial intelligence and machine learning can provide the produce industry, especially in traceability.