Texas
California citrus growers have fared relatively well this season despite lower volumes.
Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, but the state’s citrus was spared.
London Fruit Inc., Pharr, Texas, has hired Amanda Horney as a sales representative in the Midwest.
Sicar Farms has opened its new Mission, Texas, facility, with cooler capacity of 85,000 square feet, 21 loading docks, and office space.
Many Texas distributors say they’re in kind of an in-between mode — between the sales bump of the holidays and the next buildup that starts as spring nears, tourists arrive and conventions come to town.
The cold storage division has become the company’s biggest growth area at Brothers Produce Inc., Houston, said Brent Erenwert, CEO.
Hardie’s Fresh Foods puts more than a little emphasis on local produce, said Michelle Weech, vice president of marketing.
TMC Produce Solutions has opened a new office in Florida’s Miami/Pompano Beach area.
Six founders of companies largely devoted to fresh produce made the cut in Business Insider’s Food 100 — placing them alongside world-renowned celebrities.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently seized $1.6 million worth of cocaine in a load of carrots that was entering at a Texas border crossing.
The Center for Produce Safety is funding its first research project to study the effectiveness of water treatments used for irrigation and other uses in agriculture.
The Texas International Produce Association, Mission, and other groups are sponsoring a meeting on inspections of Mexican tomatoes under the Tomato Suspension Agreement.
Seven leaders in the industry will be inducted into the Texas Produce Hall of Fame in January.
The Texas International Produce Association has postponed the Viva Fresh Expo, and is considering whether to cancel it altogether, as concerns about COVID-19 escalate.
Texas is taking a big share of Mexican import growth in recent years.
Texas onion grower-shippers opened their season with unprecedented market conditions that included a near-shutdown of foodservice outlets and booming demand from retailers.
The decision to cancel the 2020 Viva Fresh Expo was a tough decision to make, but was the right thing to do, said Dante Galeazzi, president and CEO of the Texas International Produce Association.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that C-Max Produce LLC, McAllen, Texas, has paid a debt and can hold a Perishable Agricultural Act license.
Black Gold Farms, Grand Forks, N.D., will start harvest of red potatoes in Texas soon.
Lori Taylor, owner and founder of The Produce Moms, was the featured speaker at a recent Dallas Fresh Food Association meeting.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently found heroin and cocaine in a commercial shipment of produce in South Texas.
The Texas International Produce Association is teaming with Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) and CIERTO Global to host two workshops on labor challenges.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has removed four Mexican fruit fly quarantines in Texas.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has removed four Mexican fruit fly quarantines in Texas.
Citrus volume out of Texas as of mid-January was on pace with last year, and growers were not reporting any major quality problems.
Texas Customs and Border Protection agents recently found nine people being smuggled into the U.S. in a shipment of fresh produce.
The Texas Farms and Ranch Lands Conservation Program, created by the legislature in 2005, was meant to play a vital role in protecting agricultural lands, which are disappearing as a result of the recent population boom. A 2014 Texas A&M study found that the state was losing farm and ranch land at a faster rate than anywhere else in the country.
HoneySweet onions are the official infusion ingredient for the burger competition at the eighth annual World Food Championships.
Chelan Fresh, Chelan, will be supplying fresh apples to 7,000 Texas students and families through a Brighter Bites partnership.
Fad diets such as keto, Paleo and South Beach come and go, but a plant-based diet is here to stay, says P.K. “The Nutrition Doctor” Newby.