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The Packer’s editor Tom Karst visits with Mike Mauti about his upcoming web June 19 seminar for Produce Market Guide called “Red, White and Boom.”
The Packer’s Editor Tom Karst talks July 30 with Jessica Shade, director of science programs with The Organic Center.
The Packer’s editor Tom Karst visits July 24 with Don Goodwin, president of Golden Sun Marketing.
Brexit is coming. What will it mean for the fresh produce supply chain?
Celery was the leading fresh commodity for retail sales growth in 2019, and it wasn’t even close.
Delving into the detail of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, Robert Guenther visited April 21 with The Packer’s Tom Karst.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 22 which puts a 60-day pause on immigration into the U.S.
The new normal for U.S. imports of Mexican tomatoes is signed, sealed and delivered.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the search for definitive solutions goes on, the United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Conference provided a soapbox for industry leaders to express their passion.
With the uncertainty of the effects of COVID-19 on business, any company selling produce should not extend payment terms past 30 days, thereby waiving protections under the PACA Trust, according to United Fresh.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited March 24 with Ron Lemaire, president of the CPMA, about the decision to cancel the CPMA show and other produce industry effects from the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visits March 24 with Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, president and CEO of the Produce for Better Health Foundation about PBH’s recent consumer-facing activity in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The disconnect between long lines at food banks and images of wasted produce has struck a nerve with the American public.
Tim York began working in the produce industry after college, without knowing he would never leave it.
Four U.S. senators have introduced legislation to boost the number of federal employees inspecting food at the borders.
The Packer’s Editor Tom Karst talked with Jason Klinowski, agricultural and food law attorney on July 17.
BOSTON — To get familiar with the Boston area fresh produce market, you have to visit the two centers of activity, side-by-side in Chelsea and Everett, both nestled near Boston.
The Packer’s Tom Karst on Feb. 10 interviewed Chris Pawelski, owner of Pawelski Farms in Goshen, N.Y.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited April 6 with Scott Horsfall, CEO of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement.
Industry associations have presented to the U.S. Department of Agriculture what is being called a Produce Market Stabilization Program to help produce operators survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited April 8 with Mike Mauti, managing partner of the consulting firm Execulytics on the Canadian retail perspective during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Suffering millions in lost farm sales because of COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants since mid-March, some Florida growers are now selling some of their crops directly to consumers.
Two weeks after the devastating freeze that hit south Texas, industry experts said the damage the cold caused is coming into sharper focus.
Along with the flashing yellow caution light of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 also is bringing green lights for Mexican produce moving through Nogales, Ariz., distributors report.
Join us on our virtual tour of indoor grower Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass.
If 2020 delivered a punch to the industry gut with the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Viva Fresh Expo delivered a needed counter-punch.
Led by their own-self-interest as well as encouragement from retailers, consumers, produce companies are increasingly engaged on the issue of sustainability.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added a weekly report to keep tabs on seasonal fruit and vegetable imports from Mexico and Canada.
The Blend, a mushroom promotion success, now goes to Food Network.
NEW YORK — Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx will be closed for buying until 7 a.m. Feb. 2 during the winter snow storm blanketing New York and the surrounding northeastern region.