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Mourning the death of the shopping experience

Did you hear that? Listen closely and pay attention, or you might miss it. It’s faint, but distinguishable. There it...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Florida Strawberry Growers Association provides freeze assessment

Florida strawberry growers had ample time to prepare for freezing temperatures that hit production areas over the weekend, and conditions...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Leaders are making supply chain disruptions worse

An interesting question was posed during last week’s International Fresh Produce Association virtual town hall on supply chain disruptions. Are...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Fact Check: Calling something unfair doesn’t make it so

The following is a letter to the editor from Lance Jungmeyer, President of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas BB #:144354...

3 years ago 6 minute read

Kroger to open Ocado-powered fulfillment center in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Kroger Co. BB #:100073, America’s largest grocery retailer, today announced it will...

3 years ago 4 minute read

EWG on the Dirty Dozen

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story failed to include pesticide data background critical to understanding the issue. That...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Technology and the Common Man

I have heard all my life how technology will make our lives better, easier, and give us more free time....

3 years ago 3 minute read

Identifying food trends, and how they’ll shape 2022: The Produce Moms Podcast

What makes an industry observer like myself choose subjects for a Food Trends forecast? I had a chance to chat...

3 years ago 1 minute read

One company makes food box program permanent

The USDA’s food box program was generally considered a success, both in terms of helping companies affected by the early...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Banana problems: A virus and European buyers

“If the situation doesn’t change, there is no future for banana production,” says Marike de Peña, a producer of organic...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Lists and the power of prediction

I see from the latest week in review that my colleagues on The Produce Reporter have some issues with recent...

3 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: High prices pressed downward by higher freight rates

High FOB prices, coupled with high freight rates, is a puzzling circumstance. Overall market prices are slightly down, and we...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Lettuce: Mechanization and labor

I get lots of newsletters every day in my email, but among the ones I find most informative is Rural...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Vaccination proof complicates produce shipments to Canada

As of January 15, Canadian border authorities have been instructed to refuse access to their nation to truckers who cannot...

3 years ago 3 minute read

5 Themes at CES… and the arrival of Food Tech

CES has been around for 54 years and has historically been the place tech giants make big product announcements. In...

3 years ago 7 minute read

Six concepts that have sustained our businesses

As we look back over the past two years and consider all that was thrown at us, we are mindful...

3 years ago 3 minute read

The Year Ahead: Gauging demand, consumption & shopping habits

A number of questions face the industry when it comes to consumer behavior in 2022: Will consumers continue shopping online?...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Why economics is the dismal science

Inflation in food prices this year will not exactly be grinding to a halt, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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