Awe Sum Organic begins offering fruit from Frog Hollow Farm

Awe Sum Organics BB #:157008 is proud to announce that starting this season we are again offering legendary and Awe...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Fresh Express recalls salad kit due to undeclared allergens

Fresh Express BB #:115030 is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of Fresh Express 11.5-ounce Southwest Chopped Kit with production codes...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Mexican avocado export value continues to rise in 2020

Mexican avocado export values rose in early 2020 despite the global pandemic and lower export volumes. According to a study...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Care in Crisis: Performance Indicators

In Blue Book Services “Care in Crisis” video No.7, Marketing Director Jeff Lair highlights the Blue Book Performance Indicators –...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Predicting organic’s post-pandemic future

All spring, retail sales have paced higher than a year ago with the pandemic altering food consumption habits, and organic...

5 years ago 3 minute read

United Fresh Live attendance jumps to 11,000

Initial registration put attendance for the inaugural United Fresh Live convention June 15-19 at around 8,000, but as soon as...

5 years ago 12 minute read

Broccoli market sees prices double

Broccoli prices are soaring as supplies tighten and consumer demand shows no signs of letting up. There have been reports...

5 years ago 5 minute read

USDA extends, ends and gives new Food Box contracts

Washington, D.C., June 17, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

5 years ago 3 minute read

D’Arrigo implements electronic shipping kiosks

June 17, 2020 – Salinas, CA: D’Arrigo California BB #:114843 has implemented shipping kiosks at their shipping facility in Salinas,...

5 years ago 3 minute read

New study links dietary flavonols with reduced risk of alzheimer dementia

Fresno, CA – A new study, published in the scientific journal Neurology found that a higher intake of plant compounds...

5 years ago 2 minute read

California Giant anounces 3rd Annual Chef Invitational finalists

WATSONVILLE, CA (June 18, 2020) – California Giant BB #:121061 is proud to announce the finalists of its 3rd Annual...

5 years ago 5 minute read

Organic Fresh Produce sales continue double digit growth in May

Monterey, CA (June 17, 2020) – Total organic fresh produce sales and volume continue their double digit growth over last...

5 years ago 3 minute read

U.S. restaurants to lose $240 billion this year

The produce companies supplying restaurants in 2020 lost customers for several months, and even with foodservice opening back up, this...

5 years ago 1 minute read

Big bounce-back for California cherries

California cherry growers have finished shipping a large cherry crop that has been met with strong retail demand. California’s cherry...

5 years ago 2 minute read

When to call for a government inspection

Q: We are a produce receiver on the West Coast and are reviewing our practices for receiving trouble loads. Can...

5 years ago 2 minute read

New products will be challenged without sampling

Costco plans to bring sampling back to warehouses this month, but so far they’re one of the few retailers to...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Limoneira adds two new distribution points

SANTA PAULA, CA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Limoneira Company BB #:168478, a diversified citrus growing, packing, selling and marketing company with related agribusiness...

5 years ago 2 minute read

School meals in a world after salad bars

As successful as salad bars in were in schools, as a philanthropy and as a tool in raising produce consumption...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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