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Analysis: The dirty truth about the Dirty Dozen

How many fruits and vegetables do you eat each day?  If you just sheepishly looked away, you’re not alone. According...

2 years ago 6 minute read

Telling the truth about telling our story

A previous column of mine discussed a recent report called Ag Vision for the Next Decade, issued by the California...

2 years ago 4 minute read

California issues report outlining a future for state agriculture

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has released a document outlining its vision for the state’s farming industry...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Biden vetoes Congressional water measure

President Joe Biden has vetoed a Congressional measure that would have overturned his administration’s directives for the Waters of the...

2 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Prices rise again in anticipation of Western supply challenges

Up for the third week, overall produce prices are still technically following typical week #14 trends. Although, the storms that...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Veggie Saver bag fights food waste

The war against waste in fresh fruits and vegetables has a champion in Australia. Sydney’s Peita Peri is marketing a...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Canadian food inflation: a political powderkeg

For some peculiar reason, issues that are highly politicized in one nation present no difficulties in another. People in other...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Canada proposes grocery rebate for the poor

The proposed Canadian national budget for 2023 includes a one-time “grocery rebate” for low-income households. The government of Canada’s website...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Consumer Reports’ riskiest foods include fresh produce

Consumer Reports (CR) has published a list of the ten riskiest and most recalled foods on the market. Fresh produce...

2 years ago 4 minute read

GRAPHIC: Tomatoes by the numbers

Tomatoes are one of the most popular produce items, led by the Plum and Roma varieties, but volumes have been...

2 years ago 1 minute read

Lessons of a Michigan billboard

At the beginning of April, the town of Bridgman, MI, in the southwestern part of the state, on the shores...

2 years ago 2 minute read

ProduceIQ: Easter demand strengthens prices

It’s Easter week, and produce markets are reacting strongly to the jump in holiday demand and decrease in the supply...

2 years ago 5 minute read

A dive into the deep waters of WOTUS

Monday, March 20, was a significant date in at least one respect: it was the day when the revised Waters...

2 years ago 4 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – March 31, 2023

Pamela misses out on playing in Viva Fresh golf in Grapevine, TX, so instead visits some local retailers and reports...

2 years ago 1 minute read

Challenges to reliable supplies of California lettuce

I enjoy Sylvain Charlebois’ blog on Canadian Grocer. He is a professor in food distribution policy and senior director/AGRI-Food Analytics Lab...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Explaining overcapacity in the trucking market

Truck rates are low, which has led to the conclusion that trucking capacity is too high. A recent FreightWaves article...

2 years ago 1 minute read

Amazon cuts and the industry life cycle

So far this year, Amazon has announced that it will cut 27,000 jobs nationwide. Some of this trimming must be...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Underperforming employees: the all-important question

Rachel Turner, writing in Fast Company, has an article on how to talk to an underperforming employee. It’s good advice,...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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