analysis

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...

3 years ago 2 minute read

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...

3 years ago 4 minute read

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...

3 years ago 4 minute read

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...

3 years ago 4 minute read

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,...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Legislators push HLB remedy

Citrus growers may have a new tool to combat the dreaded huanglongbing (HLB) virus, a disease known in Florida as...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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...

3 years ago 5 minute read

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...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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...

3 years ago 2 minute read

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...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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...

3 years ago 4 minute read

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...

3 years ago 4 minute read

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...

3 years ago 6 minute read

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...

3 years ago 2 minute read

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...

3 years ago 1 minute read

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...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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