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The Year Ahead: AI goes mainstream

As the produce industry continued to find its equilibrium in 2023, issues like artificial intelligence, climate change, labor, and food...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Honeybear Brands unveils organic Pazazz apples

Elgin, Minn., January 24, 2024 – Honeybear Brands, a leading grower, packer, shipper, and developer of premium apples, announced an...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Chilean stone fruit forecast for 15% volume increase

January 25, 2024 — The Frutas de Chile BB #:154283 Stone Fruit Committee has released a new estimate for this...

1 year ago 2 minute read

IFPA calls for member action to demand wage relief

January 25, 2024 Washington, DC – International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 has announced support for the Supporting Farm Operations...

1 year ago 3 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – January 26, 2024

Why is Pamela disappointed in Trader Joe’s fresh produce, and what will an Aldi-owned Winn-Dixie look like? Related Stories: Walmart...

1 year ago 1 minute read

Raydia Food Group acquires Indiana distributor

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Indiana’s largest independent foodservice distribution company – Raydia Food Group, formerly Stanz-Troyer...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Rice Fruit starts Lemonade apple season

Gardners, PA (January 2024) – Rice Fruit Company, BB #:103627 a leading producer of high-quality Eastern apples, announces the beginning...

1 year ago 2 minute read

CMI’s Sunrise Magic apples arrive on market

Wenatchee, WA: CMI Orchards BB #:134183 announces the arrival of this season’s Sunrise Magic. This premium branded apple variety is...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Sunkist unveils Year of the Dragon carton for Lunar New Year

January 24, 2024, Valencia, Calif. – Citrus is considered a prized staple of Chinese and Lunar New Year festivities, as...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Bobalu projects strong spring strawberries

January 24, 2024 — (Oxnard, CA) As the company heads into the 2024 strawberry season, partners at Bobalu Berry Farms...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Reefer Downloads: Why they don’t tell the whole story

Somewhere right now a produce buyer and seller are discussing the streams of temperature and mechanical data from a reefer...

1 year ago 7 minute read

Little Leaf Farms releases Happy Desk Salad Kit

DEVENS, Mass., Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — While much attention is paid to the future of work post-Covid, Little Leaf...

1 year ago 7 minute read

VIDEO: More desert rain and quality problems

January 23, 2024 — Some of Markon Cooperative’s BB #:123315 Markon First Crop (MFC) Iceberg and Leaf Lettuce items are...

1 year ago 1 minute read

Melissa’s offers Tasmanian cherries this winter

Los Angeles, CA (January 18, 2024) – Forget dreary winter days – Melissa’s, BB #:111686 your passport to flavor paradise,...

1 year ago 2 minute read

CPS to start 10 new food safety projects

Woodland, CA, January 24, 2024 – To help answer the fresh produce industry’s most urgent food safety questions, Center for...

1 year ago 5 minute read

Fresh Del Monte unveils red-shelled Rubyglow pineapple

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. BB #:111187, one of the world’s leading vertically integrated producers, marketers, and distributors of...

1 year ago 4 minute read

California Giant projects strong spring strawberry supplies

WATSONVILLE, CA – January 24, 2024 – California Giant Berry Farms BB #:121061, a leader in fresh berries, today shared...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Local Bounti receives funds for working capital

HAMILTON, Mont., Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Local Bounti Corporation BB #:368695, a breakthrough U.S. indoor agriculture company, today announced...

1 year ago 4 minute read

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