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