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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...
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...
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...
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...
Editing the produce gene
I spent part of my workday on Wednesday watching a rerun. It was of a Virtual Town Hall meeting entitled...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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