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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lettuce: Mechanization and labor
I get lots of newsletters every day in my email, but among the ones I find most informative is Rural...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
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...
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