Tomatoes
Greenhouse grower Mastronardi Produce is partnering with an entrepreneur noted for building well-known tequila and hair care brands in a venture to promote high-density farming systems across the globe.
Growers and importers of Mexican tomatoes and segments of the U.S. tomato industry continue to spar over a Department of Commerce decision to end an agreement that holds an anti-dumping investigation at bay.
McDill Associates, Soquel, Calif., scooped up awards at the 2018 Silicon Valley ADDY Awards, including a gold award for marketing Pure Hothouse products.
Total U.S. tomato imports grew 9% in value and 4% in volume in 2018.
While a chorus of business and industry leaders is fighting for Congressional approval of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, some sources believe the near-term outlook appears cloudy at best for the deal.
Wholesum Family Farms is seeing a lot of traction from its multi-color Kaleidos organic snacking tomatoes.
Greenhouse grower NatureSweet is asking the Commerce Department for some exemptions on duties for its imported tomatoes grown in Mexico, on the basis they did not exist when those duties were originally set.
The Department of Commerce’s official notice on its termination of a tomato suspension agreement with Mexico is scheduled to be published May 13.
Mexican tomato growers have rejected the latest proposal from the Department of Commerce for a renewed tomato suspension agreement.
Lipman Family Farms, which touts itself as North America’s largest grower of field tomatoes, has entered into an agreement to buy greenhouse grower Huron Produce.
Frank & Able is the new tomato-on-the-vine label from the Vancouver, British Columbia-based Oppenheimer Group.
A 10-acre hydroponic greenhouse complex and a large potato farming operation in O’Neill, Neb., were two of several agricultural businesses targeted in raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Researchers from Brazil, the U.S. and Germany have created a new crop from a wild plant within a single generation using CRISPR-Cas9, a modern genome editing process.
Florida growers are struggling against imported produce from Mexico, according to Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association testimony to the International Trade Commission.
Global seed company Hazera has introduced Stacy, a new bite-sized mini plum tomato variety.
Florida legislators have gathered bipartisan support from dozens of House and Senate colleagues in a push to terminate the suspension agreement between the Department of Commerce and Mexican tomato growers.
Houweling’s Group has partnered with investment firm Equilibrium to modernize and expand production at its greenhouses.
The U.S. tomato trade in 2018 leaned heavily toward imports over exports by a ratio of 20 to 1, the latest trade statistics show.
Pure Hothouse Foods, Leamington, Ontario, is adding organic greenhouse growers for its Pure Flavor brand and launching a culinary line.
Pure Hothouse Foods, Leamington, Ontario, is adding organic greenhouse growers for its Pure Flavor brand and launching a culinary line.
Ending a long-standing tomato suspension agreement could harm consumers in the U.S. and encourage retaliation by Mexico, one advocate for the deal says.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Painful changes are coming soon in how Mexican tomatoes are sold to U.S. importers.
Salinas, Calif.-based PlantTape is hosting an open house April 10 in Five Points, Calif., to talk with tomato growers about its automated transplanting system.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, (foreground), Lef Farms in Loudon, N.H., in September during a “Back to Our Roots” RV tour. Perdue and USDA staff are again traveling in an RV this week.
Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, which markets under the Sunset brand, has introduced 21 new recipes developed by celebrity chef Roger Mooking.
Tasti-Lee Tomatoes are now available as a grape tomato snacking variety, marketed as Tasti-Wees.
Three months after the first fresh produce was picked at the facility, company officials say Pure Flavor’s Fort Valley, Ga., greenhouse is already making inroads in the Southeast.
Integrated Fresh Solutions, Swedesboro, N.J., has promoted Bob Harper to chief operating officer of Integrated Fresh Solutions (IFS) companies.
Consumer prices for some tomato varieties from Mexico could initially rise 40% in the U.S. when domestic supplies are low, according to an analysis on possible effect of duties on imported tomatoes when the Tomato Suspension Agreement is dropped in early May.
Days before the Department of Commerce plans set to set aside its Tomato Suspension Agreement with Mexican growers, panelists at the Viva Fresh Expo will discuss the issue.