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Tomatoes: Old favorites and new flavors keep the category surging
Love apple? Wolf peach? Call it what you may, the tomato is one of the world’s most popular produce items...
NatureSweet seeks specialty tomato exceptions from the tomato suspension agreement
NatureSweet has submitted a request to the Department of Commerce for a “Changed Circumstance Review,” which would release certain greenhouse-grown...
ProduceIQ: Mexican crossings drive market prices
After four weeks of descent, the ProduceIQ Index rebounded by +2 percent. Overall, produce prices tend to increase from the...
ProduceIQ: Prices are ‘stuffed’ on low yields and a strong Thanksgiving pull
You may have things to be thankful for this year, but fresh produce buyers are struggling to count their blessings....
EFI-certified NatureSweet tomatoes earn Award for Excellence
WASHINGTON — Equitable Food Initiative is proud to announce that EFI-certified NatureSweet Tomatoes has earned a Communitas Award for Excellence...
Pure Flavor expands organic line
Leamington, ON (October 27th, 2021) – Pure Flavor® BB #:170379 is introducing two new fresh products to its line of...
ProduceIQ: Markets absorb chaos to achieve virtual balance
(Week #42, ending October 22nd) ProduceIQ Index: $1.02/pound, flat over prior week Between yet another Mexican hurricane, “Rick,” and Zuckerberg’s Metaverse,...
CPB blocks tomato imports from two Mexican farms due to forced labor
WASHINGTON —Effective Oct. 21, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at all U.S. ports of entry will detain fresh...
ProduceIQ: Rain in Mexico stresses markets as harvests transition south
Veggies seeking sunshine on their vacation southward are sorely disappointed. Rain in Mexico is a challenge to quality and a...
ProduceIQ: Fall produce markets require more than courage
Between severe drought in the West and a rainy summer in the East, tomato supply can’t catch a break. Across...
NatureSweet continues to grow its seasonal product line-up
SAN ANTONIO, TX – NatureSweet, BB #:152351 the snacking tomato category leader in the fresh produce industry, launches its new...
Domestic tomato prices rise on low volume
A stormy summer has limited tomato volume coming from the East Coast, which has caused prices to rise. California production...
ProduceIQ: Rain from Hurricane Ida to disrupt supply chain
Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 storm, blasted into the Southeastern U.S. yesterday. Rain from Ida will continue beyond New Orleans...
ProduceIQ: Dual hurricanes threaten growing regions
Northerners have one less excuse for not moving to Florida, as it seems the Northeast isn’t immune to the occasional...
Guatemalan vegetable imports on the rise
For immediate release — August 18, 2021. The Guatemalan Produce Trade Association reports fresh vegetable imports from Guatemala have increased...
ProduceIQ: Anything but business as usual in California
Demand is outpacing supply in California, and it has nothing to do with any produce commodity the state is known...
Packaging inching toward sustainable
AUSTIN, TX – Prior to the pandemic, the produce industry spent a lot of time talking about more sustainable packaging...
ProduceIQ: Limes get wet and rise to the occasion
Gold medal Olympians Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel aren’t the only ones getting soaked this week; record rain in Mexico...
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