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Tomato border inspections: So far, so good
The big news in the fresh tomato industry for the past year has been the renegotiated Tomato Suspension Agreement, signed...
ProduceIQ: Prices brake hard from their descent; Salinas fires threaten supply
After a last week’s steep -15 percent decline, the produce markets held flat at $0.71 for the week ending August...
Walmart, Target show strength of food
Right now, I bet Kohls wishes it had made a bigger deal with Aldi than it did with Planet Fitness....
Avocados and toilet paper
“The future of grocery may come down to how we buy things like toilet paper and avocados,” write John Rousseau...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 14, 2020
With PMA giving the industry a preview of the virtual Fresh Summit 2020 this week, Pamela and Greg give their...
Food box program needs a produce advisor
USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program is unquestionably a success, as nearly 60 million food boxes have been invoiced....
Retail grows crops the vertical way
Eliminate the middleman: this piece of economic advice has been with us for a long time. One way to implement...
Mystery seeds baffle nation
What could be wrong with getting free seeds in the mail? Many people have been asking that question this week...
Coronavirus and Force Majeure
“Force majeure” (from the French, meaning “major force” or “greater strength”) has a grand, rather chivalric ring to it. But...
USDA: We’re a burger nation
I guess you didn’t need me to tell you, but I will anyway: we are a burger nation. I tease...
Loss of events is a double hurt
Events are such a vital part of the produce industry. Not only is it important to see the products and...
Gen Z resists stereotyping
There is a kind of paradox in talking about Generation Z (defined as people born roughly between 1995 and 2010)....
Chile pepper acreage in steep decline
The U.S. chile industry offers a paradoxical situation: a decline in the sector that grows crops for processing, but a...
What it really means to stay connected
We have all learned new ways to connect with friends, family, and colleagues in the produce industry this year. While...
Gen Z to drive produce growth
The lines around the much-discussed Gen Z are fuzzy. Their starting birth years are usually given at around 1995-96, although...
Covid, Brexit complicate U.S.-UK trade
There hasn’t been a fresh produce supplier in the United Kingdom that hasn’t been impacted by Covid-19 in some shape,...
The self-driving truck stalls
Depending on whom you talk to, artificial intelligence—AI—is either the god that will deliver us from all of our miseries...
An up close look at the food box program
After having written many stories about the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program, I got to experience it first-hand....
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