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USDA Improves Efficiency, Customer Service with ePACA System
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today released ePACA, an electronic one-stop shop to facilitate the...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review: May 10, 2019
Greg and Pamela discuss food trends in the latest FreshFacts on Retail, the upcoming Washington cherry crop, the tomato suspension...
USDA restricts PACA violators in Florida, Georgia, Maryland and Texas
As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the...
USDA restricts PACA violators in Arizona, California, New York and Virginia
As part of its efforts to enforce the perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the...
Social Welfare and the Labor Crisis
There is a direct correlation between social responsibility and ongoing labor issues. The labor shortage in the produce industry is...
H-E-B expands reach in North Texas
(AUSTIN) —Growing its commitment to North Texas, H-E-B opened its newest store, H-E-B Hudson Oaks, on May 10. The 80,000-square-foot...
Competition struggles to catch H-E-B in San Antonio
As every other aspect of San Antonio’s produce industry has grown exponentially, so has the supermarket landscape. With the city’s...
Talent Development: Forms and Formats
Most produce companies do not have the resources to build a department dedicated to overseeing internships or formal mentorship programs,...
Taylor Farms adds four new flavors to chopped salad kit line
SALINAS, Calif.– (May 9, 2019) – Taylor Farms, North America’s leading producer of ready-to-eat healthy fresh foods, has announced the...
Black Gold Farms harvesting Texas red and yellow potatoes
Pearsall, TX (May 9, 2019) – Black Gold Farms started harvest of the 2019 fresh crop of Texas colored potatoes...
Tour Guests Refute the “Dirty Dozen” List
PRESS RELEASE Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) 2018 Produce Safety tour guests, Jessica Crandall Snyder, RDN and Dr. Joan...
More tariff talk, this time it’s Mexican berries
The U.S. withdrawal from the tomato suspension agreement and subsequent duties added to Mexican tomatoes has dominated most of the...
Sobeys to launch Voilà online grocery and home delivery
One of Canada’s “Big Three” in retail is taking a different approach to online grocery. Stellarton, Nova Scotia-based Sobeys is...
San Antonio is flush in produce markets
If the sheer number of food-related outlets across the city is any indication, San Antonio is a primetime player in...
Talent Development: An Industrywide Need
The produce industry tends to be behind the curve when it comes to talent development. Mike Chirveno, founder of ClearVision...
Duncan Family Farms announces two key additions to executive team
Goodyear, AZ (May 8, 2019) — Duncan Family Farms, a leading family-owned, multi-regional grower of over 7,000 acres of certified...
California Avocados gear up for Memorial Day promotions
IRVINE, Calif. (May 8, 2019) – Memorial Day weekend is one of the strongest periods of the year for avocado...
See the United Fresh Innovation Awards Finalists
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 7, 2018) – United Fresh this week announces 48 new products as finalists for the United Fresh...
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