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Yerecic wins World Label Award
NEW KENSINGTON, PA (June 28, 2019) – Yerecic Label is proud to announce the win of their first World Label...
CDC issues Mexican papaya advisory, requests halt of all sales
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory to consumers not to eat whole, fresh papayas imported from...
Ohio offers transportation benefits
Even without its muck soil and cornucopia of produce, Ohio is a natural nexus for transportation and the shipping of...
Finding ROI in sustainability efforts remains tough
Consumers want to know more about a company’s sustainability efforts. While it’s still difficult to measure ROI, produce companies should...
USDA Restricts PACA Violators in Arizona, California, New Jersey and Tennessee from Operating in the Produce Industry
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2019 – As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure...
Western Growers launches food safety risk management program
PRESS RELEASE IRVINE, CA (June 27, 2019) – During a Forbes AgTech Summit session today moderated by Frank Yiannas, the...
K-VA-T changes leadership in produce group
A retirement and promotion mark the produce leadership changes at Abingdon, VA-based K-VA-T BB #:130750 which owns about 130 Food...
Trading Tip: Assessing Transit Temperatures
This is a vendor to vendor issue not just a transportation issue Slight deviations in transit temperature based on, among...
Fresh Produce Association of the Americas Expresses Alarm About Potential Monopoly of U.S. Tomato Market
Nogales, Arizona (June 26, 2019) – The Tomato Suspension Agreement should be continued but the agreement should maintain equal market...
Ohio wins with locally grown
The prevalence of locally grown crops remains a boon to Ohio suppliers, retailers, and consumers. The bounty usually begins arriving...
Equitable Food Initiative partners with Costco
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC June 24, 2019 – To build awareness of the Responsibly Grown, Farmworker Assured label, Equitable Food...
Understanding Mexico’s blackberry dominance
As the blackberry import season finishes and domestic volume – mostly from California – fills the summer pipeline, it’s important...
California Avocado Commission shifts to Summer Entertaining program for end of crop
PRESS RELEASE IRVINE, CA (June 26, 2019) – With June’s California Avocado Month drawing to a close, the California Avocado...
Entendiendo el predominio de la zarzamora de México
A medida que termina la temporada de importación de zarzamoras y el volumen nacional, en su mayoría de California, llena...
United Fresh releases updated food safety guidelines for the fresh tomato supply chain
PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, DC (June 26, 2019) – United Fresh Produce Association BB #:145458 is pleased to announce the release...
National Watermelon Association awarded for 2018 Nashville convention
PRESS RELEASE Lakeland, FL June 25, 2019 – The National Watermelon Association, Inc BB #:163428 (NWA) is pleased to announce...
The role of execution in success
When I reflect on my career in the produce industry, I often think about two management books that had a...
A Tale of Two Cities: Ohio terminal markets
When it comes to Ohio’s terminal markets, think Dickens. There’s Columbus, where private ownership anchors a 20-bay terminal market at...
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