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...

5 years ago 4 minute read

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...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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....

5 years ago 3 minute read

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...

5 years ago 4 minute read

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...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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...

5 years ago 1 minute read

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...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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...

5 years ago 5 minute read

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...

5 years ago 1 minute read

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...

5 years ago 6 minute read

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...

5 years ago 6 minute read

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,...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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