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Some ways to fix H-2A
It’s a widespread complaint: The H-2A program doesn’t work well, and it should be fixed. There the points of agreement...
The benefit of hindsight
It is easy to become transfixed on the future, so much so that we may forget about the past and...
Bar codes, DNA and food safety
You know it already: bar codes are everywhere. But a team of synthetic biologists at Harvard, MIT, and Boston University...
One solution to the perennial labor problem
I keep coming back to the subject of labor because it is the biggest issue in the produce industry. It...
How many grocery stores are too many?
In 1999-2000, when I lived in Brooklyn, I found a retail grocery landscape far different from any I’d known living...
How to think about farm labor: an app
Last week I set out some of the basic requirements for a solution to the farm labor issue. This week...
How to think about farm labor
I don’t even need to ask anymore. As part of my Blue Book duties, I write articles spotlighting certain regions...
Avocados to remain steady in volatile times
In this time of uncertainty, we take comfort in the things we can count on. By that, we mean continued...
The food supply chain is not broken
“The food supply chain is breaking.” Says who? John H. Tyson, chairman of meatpacking giant Tyson Foods. It’s not an...
There’s no going back for online grocery
Online grocery retail had already been steadily growing, but with the COVID-19 pandemic, with people homebound, it has exploded. “Grocery...
The coronavirus and citrus demand
“We are completely out of all vitamin C products.” I heard one pharmacist say this to another at my local...
Brexit offers U.S. export opportunity amid pandemic
COVID-19 has had a devastating impact in the United Kingdom with the current death toll reaching some 18,000 and the...
Organics prosper in a time of coronavirus
Like many parts of the grocery sector, the produce industry has mostly done well as a result of the coronavirus...
Reconsidering single-use plastic bags
For a whole summer, our car smelled of garlic. We cleaned the car out, took out all garbage, looked under...
The era of necessary innovation
I have been communicating with a few industry leaders about their take on what is happening within the industry, their...
Produce purchases lag behind other groceries
March 29 marks the end of what has been, for most people, the third week of tightening social distancing measures...
Analysis: COVID-19 Impacts on the Fresh Produce Industry
The impacts of COVID-19 on the fresh produce industry are fast-moving. Unfortunately, this virus is spreading quickly around the entire...
The importance of the PACA proposal
The California Fresh Fruit Association and Western Growers BB #:144734 sent letters late last week to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue...
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