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Global mushroom market projected for strong growth through 2025

NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The global mushroom market is set to grow by $18.78 billion between 2020...

3 years ago 4 minute read

GRAPHIC: Plum tomato volume rises on strong demand

Tomato sales have been strong the past several years, and the plum variety leads the way. Annual volume has grown...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Retail Reflections: The Value of Consistency

One of the many highlights of my professional career has been interacting with the founders, CEOs, presidents, and senior management...

3 years ago 4 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – December 23, 2021

Pamela is so dedicated to Week in Review that she appears from a Christmas market in France to discuss her...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Editing the produce gene

I spent part of my workday on Wednesday watching a rerun. It was of a Virtual Town Hall meeting entitled...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Fast food, past, present, and future

I remember when fast food came to my hometown: Waterbury, CT, circa 1965. At the age of nine, I rapidly...

3 years ago 4 minute read

For Christmas gifts, consider the obvious

Everyone is entitled to at least one Christmas peeve. Mine is popcorn. Of course, I like popcorn as much as...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Global berry market expects significant growth in next five years

NEW YORK – The global berries market will observe a significant growth between 2020 and 2025 with increasing consumer demand...

3 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Prices lackluster, unable to overcome cautious buyers

While New York City bathed in balmy 60-degree temps, Southwestern growing regions shivered in the low 30’s. If you thought...

3 years ago 5 minute read

PMA Takes on Tech top episodes in 2021

What a year for the produce industry and technology! What I love about this industry is the variety of people,...

3 years ago 6 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – December 17, 2021

Pamela and Greg look into the big mergers and acquisitions this week and the motivation behind Walmart’s and Kroger’s building...

3 years ago 1 minute read

On the value of a wife

The French philosopher René Guénon denounced the present era as “the reign of quantity”—a time when all values are merely...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Focus on fiber this holiday season

The Thanksgiving-to-New Year, six-week holiday time is known for tempting consumers to overeat and indulge in unhealthy food and drink,...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Vegetable sales improve at retail but inflation takes toll on volume

November 2021 picked up where October left off: grocery shopping and food consumption patterns remained in flux, especially as holiday...

3 years ago 13 minute read

Vertical farming and cost sustainability

Let’s see—where did the produce that is now in my house come from? The Lucy Glo apples are from Chelan...

3 years ago 5 minute read

A nation’s love affair with a soapy herb

“If you had a party at your house, cilantro would show up in a sexy little dress, she would bring...

3 years ago 4 minute read

GRAPHIC: High volatility in Eggplant market

Eggplant volume has been lower this fall than previous years, which is causing higher price fluctuations both at wholesale and...

3 years ago 1 minute read

In which I discover I love Lucy

While I was out running errands on Saturday afternoon, my wife called and asked me to pick some ice cream...

3 years ago 2 minute read

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