analysis

Thirty-five years ago, this scenario would have struck observers of California agriculture as dystopian and nightmarish, much like the 2019...

A new study by Wrap, a British organization promoting sustainability, has released a study contending that wrapping certain fresh produce...

U.S. mango volume in the fourth quarter of 2021 showed a 20 percent rise from the same quarter in 2020....

What’s the difference between hazard and risk? In ordinary language, the distinction is rather spongy. It’s quite otherwise in a...

In the past, I have betrayed a certain lack of fondness for the Amazon Fresh BB #:283186 concept. I admit...

I lived in San Francisco for close to twenty years, but I haven’t been back since 2010. It’s not always...

If it is true that “bad news is good news and no news is bad news,” then the avocado industry...

Now that avocado imports have resumed after a nearly week-long interruption, it may be time to look at the issue...

Econ 101 term: elasticity. In this context, it refers to how much sales of a given product go up or...

In a column on compostable packaging in the produce industry last week, I suggested that in urban settings, even compostable...

Coronavirus concern levels among primary grocery shoppers have remained mostly flat between September 2021 and January 2022, according to the...

I apparently made a misstatement in yesterday’s column. I referred to Mexico as “a full-blown democracy.” It turns out that...

Last weekend the U.S. government suspended the import of all Mexican avocados “until further notice” after a U.S. plant safety...

We’ve all heard that actions speak louder than words. So it’s essential to understand the language of actions. In this...

To deal with yet another deeply polarizing subject, let me turn to pineapple pizza. It is a matter about which...

What started the Russian Revolution? Bread riots in the capital, Petrograd (today back to its original name of St. Petersburg),...

The U.S. fruit and vegetable industry has unofficial boundaries that mark important growing regions that both consumers and industry members...

A quick quiz: what’s the difference between “biodegradable” and “compostable”? “Biodegradable” means that an item will degrade into natural components—eventually....