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NWPB releases research, strategies for merchandising watermelon

Winter Springs, FL – March 21, 2024 – The National Watermelon and Promotion Board (NWPB) BB #:153670 announced the release...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Agrovision receives financing boost for expansion

LOS ANGELES, March 20, 2024 – Agrovision, the leading technology-enabled superfruit platform, known for its premium berries sold under The...

1 year ago 5 minute read

Nearly all of Prima Wawona’s tree fruit acreage sells

As the Prima Wawona BB #:165373 Cutler, CA, liquidation proceeds, two well-known California grower-shippers have partnered to buy 5,000 acres....

1 year ago 2 minute read

IFPA brings industry together at Mexico Conference

March 21, 2024 Washington D.C. – International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) {{BB #:378962} shares the first look at the newly...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Peru expects Hass avocado exports to drop in 2024

The 2024 Peruvian avocado campaign began in January, but with small volumes of fruit from the inter-Andean valleys, small compared...

1 year ago 2 minute read

AFF: What EWG doesn’t want you to know: Part 3

We know – Part 1 and Part 2 covered so much about what the Environmental Working Group (EWG) doesn’t want...

1 year ago 4 minute read

ZAG Technical Services recognized for innovation, technical expertise

San Jose, Calif., March 19, 2024 – ZAG Technical Services (ZAG) BB #:365534, an IT consulting firm, specializing in cybersecurity,...

1 year ago 5 minute read

Thx! and Pedregal deliver consumer engagement at Sam’s Club

Weston, FL, March 18, 2023 — Thx!, a leading organization dedicated to improving the lives of farmworkers and promoting social...

1 year ago 4 minute read

North American trade topics addressed at FPAA Policy Summit

(Tubac, AZ) – The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas’ BB #:144354 annual Spring Policy Summit on April 3, 2024,...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Bee Sweet Citrus adds spring citrus specialties to lineup

March 19, 2024 FOWLER, Calif. – Spring is officially here, and the Bee Sweet Citrus BB #:123033 team reports availability...

1 year ago 2 minute read

CPMA announces rising star 2024 PFP participants

March 19, 2024 (OTTAWA, ON) –The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) BB #:153602 is proud to announce 20 rising stars...

1 year ago 2 minute read

EWG releases 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce: The Dirty Dozen

March 20, 2024 WASHINGTON – Non-organic produce is loaded with fungicides that may harm human hormone systems, according to the...

1 year ago 3 minute read

AFF releases ‘A Dozen Reasons’ to enjoy safe and healthy fruits and vegetables

It’s time for the Alliance for Food and Farming’s annual “A Dozen Reasons” list to celebrate the bounty of choices...

1 year ago 4 minute read

USApple board meets with agriculture secretary to discuss trade, labor

Washington, D.C. (March 19, 2024)—The U.S. Apple Association’s BB #:145473 Board of Directors met this morning with the U.S. Secretary...

1 year ago 3 minute read

EFI celebrates National Farmworker Awareness Week

WASHINGTON, March 20, 2024 – Equitable Food Initiative BB #:385632, the capacity-building and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers,...

1 year ago 3 minute read

AFM touts avocados with chocolate as culinary trend

MONTREAL, March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avocados From Mexico BB #:371130 breaks down the silence surrounding the “not-so-secret anymore”...

1 year ago 3 minute read

ReposiTrak signs wholesaler to traceability network

March 19, 2024 HARTFORD, Conn. & SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Family-run Heart of the Harvest (parent company, Capitol Sausage and Provisions...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Texas onion industry launches 2024 campaign

Mission, Texas (March 19, 2024) – The Texas International Produce Association BB #:162361 is thrilled to kick off the harvest...

1 year ago 4 minute read

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