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Red Sea piracy hits produce too
Red Sea piracy has held the center of world attention in recent days, as Houthi rebels in Yemen have been...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – January 5, 2024
Pamela calls in from Bavaria, where she checks out the retail trends in Europe. News slows down around the holidays,...
Mixed forecast for fruits and nuts from USDA
The price index for fruit and tree nuts was up 9 percent from June 2023 and 11 percent from July...
Produce stars in Best Diet rankings
The classic line is always that the gyms will be packed in January as people start their New Year’s resolutions. ...
Groundwater regulation: The ins and outs
The New York Times article on water conservation in California’s Pajaro Valley, which I discussed in a previous column, is...
ProduceIQ: Wake up, sleeping giant
Although the rest of the world is so over 2023, we have a few more observations from the peanut gallery...
Groundwater issues highlight bigger problems
The New York Times is no doubt aiming for a Pulitzer with its multi-article series on groundwater use in America....
The 2024 forecast for the international fresh produce supply network
Towards the start of a new year, it is quite common to look back at what has happened in the...
Looking forward and back
As the start of 2024 races into focus, this is both a season of thanksgiving for what’s been accomplished and...
When vegetables get caught up in politics
“I once caught my wife in bed with a cucumber.” “Just one of many ways I’m entitled not to act...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – December 28, 2023
Ahead of the new year, Pamela and Greg break down her top five trends for 2024, which ones will have...
Blinken, AMLO meet on immigration
“Significant,” “important” progress was made in discussions on immigration between Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and U.S. secretary...
ProduceIQ: Holiday prices burn bright for fresh produce
We can’t guarantee 2023 will end on a high note, but we can predict it will be an expensive finale...
VIDEO: Reaching younger consumers, including in virtual worlds
Blue Book Retail Editor Pamela Riemenschneider talks with Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics about her recent What’s New? study for...
Two pesticide reversals for EPA
By Richard Smoley The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed course on chlorpyrifos, a pesticide used on a number of...
Produce with Pamela’s 2024 Food Trends
Five food trends for 2024 Every year, I scour the food trends predictions to distill them into my own. While...
Catholic leaders address immigration issues
On December 21, the Center for Migration Studies of New York brought together some Catholic leaders for a Zoom conference...
Tamarind, dill pickle, birthday cake…a review of the flavor trends for 2024
There was that time when a friend brought a bottle of birthday cake-flavored vodka to a party of ours. It...
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