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Avoiding the downsides of transportation technology
While there is no disputing the pros of high-tech tools in transportation, there are some cons, and privacy is one...
Perdue: Time to end the food box program
With USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program set to end October 31, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the Trump...
Why it doesn’t matter how you cut a mango
A few years back, I remember a Google Trends data dump showing that “How to Cut a Mango” was the...
Lower apple prices at harvest time
Apple prices are lower at the start of the season, despite lighter volume than last year at this point. F.O.B....
DRC to transition CEOs at start of 2021
Fred Webber plans to retire as CEO of the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation BB #:163706 at the end...
CFIA adds products to microgreen Salmonella recall
Ottawa, September 22, 2020 – The Food Recall Warning issued on September 19, 2020 has been updated to include additional...
Starr Ranch Growers offers first 100 percent recyclable pouch bag
Wenatchee, WA – Starr Ranch Growers BB #:281685 is expanding its Emoji character offerings to a new 100 percent recyclable...
Oppy expands Fair Trade Certified produce with Ocean Spray blueberries
Offering Fair Trade Certified produce since 2004, Oppy BB #:116424 has generated $4.4 million in premiums in the last half...
New transportation tools and tips
Choptank Transport, Inc. BB #:168125 in Preston, MD is a third-party logistics broker that moves 150,000 loads per year. Geoff...
Ohio firm satisfies PACA violation terms of consent decision
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2020 – In a complaint filed on April 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) alleged...
USDA lifts PACA reparations on Texas produce company
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Aguigato LLC BB #:324264 satisfied a $4,130...
FDA proposed rule requires stronger traceability for higher risk food
The FDA is proposing to establish additional traceability recordkeeping requirements (beyond what is already required in existing regulations) for persons...
Mission Produce sets IPO terms
In a Sept. 22 Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Oxnard, CA-based Mission Produce Inc. BB #:118126 plans to offer 9.375...
C.H. Robinson releases transportation technology solution Procure IQ
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota (Sept. 22, 2020) — Global logistics company C.H. Robinson BB #:100586 is reinventing the way transportation is...
Electric trucks by 2040 part of Walmart’s regenerative company goals
BENTONVILLE, Ark., September 21, 2020 – Building on more than 15 years of sustainability leadership, Walmart BB #:143789 today announced...
Peruvian citrus exports increase by 40 percent
From the beginning of the year until mid-August (from week 1 to week 33), Peru exported 198,996 tons of citrus,...
Driving technology eighteen wheels at a time
The irony of modern transportation and logistics is that the sophistication of today’s trucks and systems should attract techie millennials...
Nature Sweet faces the coronavirus
Produce shoppers will recognize San Antonio, TX-based NatureSweet BB #:152351 as a familiar source of smaller—often bite-sized—packaged tomatoes, with alluring...