Tomatoes
Kingsville, Ontario-based Mucci Farms received Most Sustainable Packaging honors for its Simple Snack lineup at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit in Anaheim, Calif., Oct. 17-19.
TV food and lifestyle expert Chadwick Boyd will whip up recipes featuring NatureSweet Cherub and Comet greenhouse tomatoes at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit.
Keeping in place a tomato suspension agreement between Mexican growers and the Commerce Department, the International Trade Commission ruled that Mexican tomatoes sold at less than “fair value” threaten the U.S.
A drought in northern Mexico could limit some produce output and crossings into Texas this winter.
Sunripe Certified Brands and Pete Pappas & Sons, which have a 70-year buying-selling relationship, are building on that with a partnership in tomato grower Smoky Mountain Family Farms.
Younger shoppers are more open to buying organic tomatoes every time they make a purchase, according to Organic Fresh Trends 2020.
Before the Oceanside Pole tomato crop, the Oceanside Calif., grower is marketing Brussels sprouts through The Oppenheimer Group.
If consumers are putting renewed emphasis on nutritious eating during this trying time, greenhouse grower-shippers are willing and able to help.
A new amphitheater in Leamington, Ontario, is named Sunset Stadium, recognizing support from Mastronardi Produce, marketer of the Sunset brand.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.
The Oppenheimer Group has begun harvest of Oceanside Pole label roma and round tomatoes, with volume expected to peak in September and October.
The Produce Marketing Association has a free web seminar on product innovation and better tasting fruits and vegetables, with consistent quality.
Sunbury, Pa.-based Weis Markets has made significant price reductions on apples, potatoes, bagged salads, tomatoes-on-the-vine and more as part of its Low, Low Price program.
Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, has received Equitable Food Initiative certification for its fifth operation.
Vegetable breeder Enza Zaden, based in The Netherlands, has identified a gene that resists the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV).
NatureSweet® is the single source solution for greenhouse grown vegetables. With the holiday season in full swing, NatureSweet® is excited to share its favorite holiday recipes with its fellow tomato lovers.
There should be no gap between old crop and new crop sweet potato shipments in Arkansas, one leading marketer reports.
The International Taste Institute, Brussels, has recognized three of Mastronardi Produce’s products with Superior Taste Awards.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is conducting a tomato brown rugose fruit virus survey of tomato greenhouses and has restricted imports to crack down on the virus.
With show floor sampling impossible at this year’s United Fresh LIVE! event, Nature Fresh Farms is improvising.
Federal trade and agriculture officials have rescheduled hearings for growers to testify on how foreign trade is harming U.S. agriculture, with a focus on the effects of Mexican produce imports on southwest growers.
Globalmex International has expanded offerings of year-round tomato varieties under the Magic Sun label.
Kingsville, Ontario-based Red Sun Farms is lighting up its greenhouses in Ontario to produce year-round in Canada.
Amado, Ariz.-based Wholesum is introducing top-seal packaging for its organic tomatoes-on-the-vine.
Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, is establishing a distribution center in Surrey, British Colombia, to serve western U.S. and Canada.
The Florida Tomato Exchange is keeping tabs on Mexican tomato imports through a new website, TomatoMonitor.com.
The Netherlands-based Syngenta Vegetable Seeds is introducing its first commercial Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) resistant variety, which the company said will be available in early 2021.
Despite the pandemic, ports on both coasts have optimistic fresh produce outlooks, and the Alliance for Food and Farming is looking at small, but positive changes during the pandemic.