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CPS studies show success fighting bacteria growth
The attack on Listeria continues at the Center for Produce Safety’s virtual Research Symposium. One report showed significant success with...
What it really means to stay connected
We have all learned new ways to connect with friends, family, and colleagues in the produce industry this year. While...
PMA cancels in-person Fresh Summit, pivots to virtual event
The Produce Marketing Association has made a decision regarding October’s Fresh Summit planned for Dallas, TX, and plans to offer...
Gen Z to drive produce growth
The lines around the much-discussed Gen Z are fuzzy. Their starting birth years are usually given at around 1995-96, although...
Avocado market stabilizes after lockdowns
The avocado market has reached stability as summer begins. Supplies are growing from California, which is having a strong rebound...
Covid, Brexit complicate U.S.-UK trade
There hasn’t been a fresh produce supplier in the United Kingdom that hasn’t been impacted by Covid-19 in some shape,...
Harnessing technology in a relationship industry
In an industry where a handshake (or elbow bump) can still seal the deal, is technology a spoiler or a...
Demand to cut single-use plastic continues
Not even a pandemic appears to be altering consumers’ wish to cut down on single-use plastic packaging, and the produce...
CPS research targets Listeria
The produce industry’s scientific community has targeted Listeria for more study, since that pathogen has targeted the produce industry so...
Asparagus market’s rough spring is turning
Asparagus prices are rising as production winds down in the United States, but the pandemic clearly had an affect on...
The self-driving truck stalls
Depending on whom you talk to, artificial intelligence—AI—is either the god that will deliver us from all of our miseries...
An up close look at the food box program
After having written many stories about the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program, I got to experience it first-hand....
Predicting organic’s post-pandemic future
All spring, retail sales have paced higher than a year ago with the pandemic altering food consumption habits, and organic...
U.S. restaurants to lose $240 billion this year
The produce companies supplying restaurants in 2020 lost customers for several months, and even with foodservice opening back up, this...
Three months in, fresh produce gains remain in double digits
The first week of June marks three full months of coronavirus-related shopping patterns. While restaurant competition for the food dollar...
Southern hemisphere shatters blueberry export record
Southern hemisphere growers exported a record volume of blueberries for the 2019-20 season. In fact, it was 18 percent higher...
Some ways to fix H-2A
It’s a widespread complaint: The H-2A program doesn’t work well, and it should be fixed. There the points of agreement...
Ten Democratic Senators question USDA Food Box program
Ten Democratic senators sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue questioning the efficiency and effectiveness of the USDA Farmers...
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