PRODUCE
Well-Pict Berries, Watsonville, Calif., is helping retailers increase their online berry sales by offering a free digital retail kit, said Jim Grabowski, director of marketing.
U.S. imports of Peruvian asparagus arrive year-round, but peak supplies are expected beginning in September and continuing through the balance of the year.
All leafy greens grown by members of the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement in California and Arizona are now subject to stringent new water restrictions.
Each week The Packer releases its digital version of the print newspaper. Check out this week’s issue.
Take a look at these California desert vegetable industry business updates from Baloian Farms, North Shore Greenhouses, Petter Rabbit Farms and Ocean Mist Farms.
The Fishers, N.Y.-based New York Apple Association’s board of directors elected officers and welcomed new members.
Anyone with an innovative food and agriculture startup business that can work for at least one year in upstate New York can compete in Grow-NY for a chance to win a $1 million top prize.
The STARR of this dish is the Starr Ranch® Organic Gala Apple, and it’s a show-stopper – as is this beautiful parfait!
SVG Ventures, Los Gatos, Calif., is partnering with PMA, through a three-year agreement that brings tech panel discussions to Fresh Summit and a technology challenge giving companies the chance to pitch to investors.
Touching on the Food and Drug Administration’s letter to the papaya industry, food safety testing and other topics, The Packer’s Tom Karst spoke with Jennifer McEntire of the United Fresh Produce Association.
Your life could change forever if you’re a college student chosen to attend the New England Produce Council’s Expo Sept. 18-19.
Industry notable Steve Lutz will be a speaker at the New England Produce Council’s Produce, Floral & Food Service Expo 2019.
By late September, PA Veggies, the Pennsylvania Vegetable Marketing and Research Program, will debut a new directory that services farmers, consumers and wholesale buyers in a new way.
Wholesum Family Farms is expanding its greenhouse facilities in Sonora, Mexico, and Amado, Ariz.
Check out some of the businesses, people and news you missed (or you saw yourself) at the 20th anniversary New England Produce Council’s Produce, Floral and Foodservice Expo in Boston.
Globalmex International Inc., has expanded its greenhouse acreage in Mexico by 20%
Little Leaf Farms has will double it growing capacity in May 2020 and add new growing facilities in eastern Pennsylvania and western Northern Carolina
A new survey published by Forager reveals that 29% of consumers want to eat more sustainably.
The Produce for Better Health Foundation has canceled its April 13-15 Consumer Connection Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., because of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.
For the first time ever, blended burgers are available on restaurant menus in all 50 U.S. states.
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher, and state and local officials, visited Russo’s Fruit and Vegetable Farm this week to highlight National Blueberry Month.
Square Roots is looking for 10 passionate and dedicated future farmers to join the team as it launches in September the first season of its Next-Gen Farmer Training Program in Grand Rapids, Mich.
NEW YORK — You’ve seen mushrooms transform into chewy jerky and blend with ground beef into burgers, but you might not have seen this yet.
Innovia Films’ newly launched high barrier BOPP Propafilm Strata SL film has earned a “very good” rating and has been awarded the “Made for recycling” logo by a German consulting company.
Hop on tour with us to see what’s happening and what buyers want at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market.
Produce wholesalers at the Raleigh (N.C.) State Farmers Market may be booted from their space when a master plan for redesigning the property and surrounding land comes to fruition.
While one might associate tropical fruits with summer months, tropicals also shine well into the fall and winter.
Ranking of the top retail chains in the Chicago market remains virtually unchanged from a year ago, said Bill Bishop, chief architect at Brick Meets Click, a Barrington, Ill.-based consulting firm.
Recurring outbreaks of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce have frustrated industry leaders and put on pause other industry food safety projects and priorities.
The cold storage division has become the company’s biggest growth area at Brothers Produce Inc., Houston, said Brent Erenwert, CEO.