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As we start 2022, the produce industry enters a new era as one association represents our broader interests. It was...

I don’t like using trendy terms. I’m afraid that it will make me sound more hip than I really am....

Many things are going out with the old year. Here is one: the term “GMO,” for “genetically modified organism.” The...

Produce markets ended 2021 with a bang. Despite facing headwinds in the form of spiking Covid-19 cases and extremely high...

The riffs on this joke are endless: TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull....

I am starting to come across as a retail curmudgeon. I don’t care for Aldi.  I didn’t like Amazon Fresh....

For the final Week in Review for 2021, Pamela again checks in from Europe, this time from Southern Germany. After...

Consumers have spent a lot of time preparing their own meals over the past year and a half, and the...

“Mr. Dole, Mr. Fresh Express, I might suggest a good lawyer.” That’s the advice of Bill Marler, probably the nation’s...

Finally, the December holiday pull is towing fresh produce prices out of the Thanksgiving rut. High-end produce categories including grapes,...

Is the H-2A program popular? That depends on whether you are talking about affection or use. The federal H-2A program...

NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The global mushroom market is set to grow by $18.78 billion between 2020...

Tomato sales have been strong the past several years, and the plum variety leads the way. Annual volume has grown...

One of the many highlights of my professional career has been interacting with the founders, CEOs, presidents, and senior management...

Pamela is so dedicated to Week in Review that she appears from a Christmas market in France to discuss her...

I spent part of my workday on Wednesday watching a rerun. It was of a Virtual Town Hall meeting entitled...

I remember when fast food came to my hometown: Waterbury, CT, circa 1965. At the age of nine, I rapidly...

Everyone is entitled to at least one Christmas peeve. Mine is popcorn. Of course, I like popcorn as much as...