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Show empathy for consumers’ inflation struggles
Inflation is hitting consumers hard, especially in food. Unfortunately, the produce industry can’t do much about inflation, as it’s the...
Time to junk the performance review
The words “performance review” tend to evoke a visceral groan from supervisors and employees alike. Or, in the words of...
ProduceIQ: Markets remain active through Memorial Day
Memorial Day honors all military members who have died while serving in the U.S. forces. We remember those that have...
FDA: Overtasked and underfunded
As targets go, today’s Food and Drug Administration is the equivalent of the broad side of a barn. First, it...
The challenges on the horizon
Recently, I was commiserating with a longtime industry leader about the state of produce in North America. He, like me,...
Produce consumption: mind the gap
As you’ve already learned, the Produce for Better Health Foundation BB #:157162 has released its gap analysis—the gap being the...
Legislators push HLB remedy
Citrus growers may have a new tool to combat the dreaded huanglongbing (HLB) virus, a disease known in Florida as...
Today’s U.S.: Obesity replaces smoking
I’ve done some research to follow up on a hunch of mine, which turned out to correct. First, the percentage...
ProduceIQ: Abnormal weather with even higher produce prices
Week #20 coverage is brought to you by scorching heat, a freak snowstorm, and a megadrought. This past weekend, the...
Dollar General opens 3 stores a day
Forbes magazine is breathless about Dollar General BB #:172794. A recent feature article tells us that the chain is spreading...
New packets keep produce fresh longer
A new weapon has been brought into the war against food waste. A California startup is rolling out a product...
The importance of Mexico opening to U.S. potatoes
We have seen a day that the potato industry has long awaited. USDA has announced that Mexico is granting full...
A few bad apples in farm labor account for nearly 75 percent of violations
No, the bad apples in this title aren’t actually apples. They are the small percentage of employers in the produce...
The future of plant-based meat
Let’s play “Predict the Future!” It’s fun! It’s easy! Anyone can play! And usually does. So let me throw my...
ProduceIQ: Industry index reaches its highest price point
Merriam-Webster, we have a nomination for 2022’s word of the year, inflation. Rising costs are haunting the conscience of the...
California adds another minimum wage increase
California governor Gavin Newsom has announced an additional state minimum wage hike, to become effective on January 1, 2023. Currently...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – May 13, 2022
Inflation, inflation, inflation. That’s the topic of the week, but Pamela and Greg are talking about how fresh produce is...
Beyond the Dirty Dozen
The new issue of Produce Blueprints has a cover story (written by me) on the industry’s favorite enemy: the Environmental...
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