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Groundwater issues highlight bigger problems

The New York Times is no doubt aiming for a Pulitzer with its multi-article series on groundwater use in America....

1 year ago 3 minute read

The 2024 forecast for the international fresh produce supply network

Towards the start of a new year, it is quite common to look back at what has happened in the...

1 year ago 5 minute read

Looking forward and back

As the start of 2024 races into focus, this is both a season of thanksgiving for what’s been accomplished and...

1 year ago 2 minute read

When vegetables get caught up in politics

“I once caught my wife in bed with a cucumber.” “Just one of many ways I’m entitled not to act...

1 year ago 3 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – December 28, 2023

Ahead of the new year, Pamela and Greg break down her top five trends for 2024, which ones will have...

1 year ago 1 minute read

Blinken, AMLO meet on immigration

“Significant,” “important” progress was made in discussions on immigration between Mexican president AndrĂ©s Manuel LĂłpez Obrador (AMLO) and U.S. secretary...

1 year ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Holiday prices burn bright for fresh produce

We can’t guarantee 2023 will end on a high note, but we can predict it will be an expensive finale...

1 year ago 4 minute read

VIDEO: Reaching younger consumers, including in virtual worlds

Blue Book Retail Editor Pamela Riemenschneider talks with Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics about her recent What’s New? study for...

1 year ago 1 minute read

Two pesticide reversals for EPA

By Richard Smoley The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed course on chlorpyrifos, a pesticide used on a number of...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Produce with Pamela’s 2024 Food Trends

Five food trends for 2024 Every year, I scour the food trends predictions to distill them into my own. While...

1 year ago 6 minute read

Catholic leaders address immigration issues

On December 21, the Center for Migration Studies of New York brought together some Catholic leaders for a Zoom conference...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Tamarind, dill pickle, birthday cake…a review of the flavor trends for 2024

There was that time when a friend brought a bottle of birthday cake-flavored vodka to a party of ours. It...

1 year ago 3 minute read

How prescription produce can revolutionize healthcare access

Prescription produce is on a mission to reshape healthcare by proactively addressing diseases like heart disease and diabetes through dietary...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Why border policies and trade often conflict

“There is something about border crossings that breeds insanity in politicians,” writes “Schumpeter,” a columnist, in the December 16 issue...

1 year ago 3 minute read

How fruits and vegetables build healthy brains

Higher levels of fruit and vegetable consumption are associated with increases in brain matter, according to a new study out...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Study finds California ag law reduced working hours, earnings

In 2016, California enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 1066, which removed exemptions from overtime pay requirements for agricultural workers. Up to...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Vertical farming 2.0

There is vertical, and then there is vertical. This enigmatic utterance reflects some differences—and possibly shakeouts—in the world of vertical...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Legislators hit at Kroger-Albertsons merger

The latest salvo in the war over the proposed merger between retail giants Kroger and Albertson has been fired by...

1 year ago 3 minute read

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