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