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ProduceIQ: Canadian wildfires haunt the U.S. East Coast
Images of a blurred, scarlet New York City skyline dominated headlines last week. Due to strong Southbound winds, smoke from...
Amazon and the antitrust artillery
I’ve been a member of the Authors Guild since 1999. Recently over lunch I was reading an article by Umair...
Full-service retail comes full circle
I love it when things come full circle. In this case, the retail experience. Retailers have been complaining about increased...
AeroFarms files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Newark, New Jersey, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AeroFarms a global leader in indoor vertical farming, today announced that,...
New immigration reform act introduced in the House
News about the U.S. House of Representatives has focused obsessively about the debt ceiling deal. In its wake, a new...
Guatemala seeks to enter U.S. avocado market
Another candidate is itching to join the league of avocado exporters to the U.S.: Guatemala. The Central American nation regards...
Produce can’t seem to crack into the snack spotlight
The produce industry has been trying to crack into packaged snacks for as long as I can remember. I recall...
Baby busts on both sides of the border
I’m always fascinated when I come across one news story that dovetails with another from a different source. Over the...
ProduceIQ: Glorious spuds have never been more expensive
At $28, an 80-count Russet potato market continues to be 60 percent higher than prior years. And unfortunately for potato...
Brighter water outlook in Salinas
The California water picture has gotten enormous amounts of attention from both the agricultural press and the general media, but...
Debt ceiling deal expands SNAP—slightly
Now that the debt ceiling deal negotiated between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ratified in the...
Blue Book Services hires CEO, CFO, promotes SVP to COO
Blue Book Services has hired a new CEO and CFO and promoted a long-time manager to COO. The 122-year-old credit,...
Storing California’s water in the ground
Groundwater depletion has been an acknowledged fact in California for decades, but for a long time it was stuffed into...
The quest for the blue banana
A Facebook friend of mine expressed some concern that Fusarium wilt will wipe out the familiar Cavendish variety of bananas,...
ProduceIQ: Domestic cherry season makes a dramatic entrance
Happy Tuesday! We hope you avoided the worst of Memorial Day travel traffic, ate a fantastic barbecue, and took some...
British fruit exports to EU drop by half
I remember when the British electorate passed Brexit in June 2016. “Wow!” I thought. “Does that sound like a bad...
Supreme Court curtails WOTUS regulation
The big news of the day—at least in agricultural circles—is the long-awaited May 25 Supreme Court ruling in the highly...
USDA restricts four PACA violators in CA, TX
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing...