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ProduceIQ: Prices for July 4th rise with the temps

Air-conditioned grocery stores won’t save Americans from price heat on this Independence Day. Prices are up +7.9 percent over the...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Mexican blueberry exports to the U.S. increase in 2021

Mexican blueberry exports increased 57 percent year-over-year from January to April 2021 reaching sales of $313.5 million, according to data...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Can direct-to-consumer deliver a perfect peach?

ROUND ROCK, TX — A few years ago, I was a speaker at fruit growers meeting in Colorado, talking about...

4 years ago 2 minute read

BrightFarms launches “BrightLabs” innovation hub

IRVINGTON, N.Y. (June 24, 2021) – BrightFarms, the leading grower of indoor leafy greens, today announced the formation of BrightLabs,...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Dayka & Hackett, Agrícola Don Ricardo to be acquired by former Wonderful exec start-up

REEDLEY, CA – Two well-known global agriculture businesses, Dayka & Hackett LLC BB #:189566 and Agrícola Don Ricardo (Ica, Peru),...

4 years ago 4 minute read

GrubMarket acquires Sierra Produce

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — GrubMarket today announced it has completed the acquisition of Sierra Produce BB #:187285,...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Online grocery start-up Farmstead expands to Miami

BURLINGAME, Calif. & MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Farmstead, the first online grocer to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered for free, at better prices...

4 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Heat wave leaves industry parched

While decreases across categories dragged the overall index slightly down, anxiety over Western heat and forecasted precipitation is causing prices...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Online grocery sales for May 2021 down 16% versus year ago

Barrington, Ill. – June 21, 2021 – The U.S. online grocery market posted $7.0 billion in sales during May, down...

4 years ago 7 minute read

Springworks offers local, decentralized lettuce option

Springworks of Lisbon, Maine, the state’s first and largest commercial aquaponics greenhouse operation, opened an additional 40,000 feet of space...

4 years ago 3 minute read

The tenacious journey of the REAL Trader Joe

LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — International publishing house HarperCollins Leadership is pleased to announce the launch of the...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Mexican tomato export value up 20% in 2020, a new record

Mexico saw an increase in tomato export value of 20.6 percent in 2020 over the previous year, totaling $2.6 billion...

4 years ago 1 minute read

High inflation doesn’t deliver higher returns to growers

Consumers are seeing inflation from many industries including food. U.S. government figures show that wholesale food prices surged 2.6 percent...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Paul DiMare to fight on after deadly diagnosis

Paul J. DiMare, president of DiMare, Inc. BB #:139918 Boston, MA, has long been involved in charities and plans a...

4 years ago 2 minute read

USDA restricts PACA violators in CA, NY, TX and DC

WASHINGTON, June 14, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing...

4 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Industry prices struggle as berries lead decline

Overall market prices sink lower again. Berries and stone fruit continue to slide during a time of year notorious for...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Nutritional psychiatry boosts fresh produce

One new trend: nutritional psychiatry. Because, guess what? Your diet affects your mood and your mental health, we learn from...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Fresh food jumped 200% in online orders, and shows no signs of dropping

The pandemic changed everything about groceries: what, how much and when people bought, but especially the where. While grocery e-commerce...

4 years ago 10 minute read

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