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A Produce Blueprints Glimpse at 2025: Encouraging Consumption
Executives in all segments of fresh produce continue to grapple with changes in the industry, including more frequent extreme weather...
IFIC research reveals what’s keeping consumers from eating fruits and vegetables
Washington, DC, April 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As Earth Day approaches, consumers are thinking about what’s healthy for both...
IFPA’s Foundation for Fresh Produce names 2024 board
January 18, 2024 Washington, D.C. and Newark, DE – International Fresh Produce Association’s BB #:378962 Foundation for Fresh Produce has...
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. ...
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...
FFP wins award for family meals efforts
November 30, 2023 – The Foundation for Fresh Produce (FFP) BB #:378962 received a Gold Plate Award from the FMI...
Nutritional well-being across the states
Health Reporter has released its state-by-state ranking of nutritional well-being across the United States. I thought it would be interesting...
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...
A reason to buy less produce
Horse breeder Muriel Bing makes it sound exotic: “It is normal to enjoy strolling through the isles of the supermarket.”...
Looking Ahead to 2023: Increasing consumption
Much attention has been given to how to increase fruit and vegetable consumption. It’s not a new problem but a...
The ‘just don’t feel like it’ factor
My colleague Pamela Riemenschneider is understandably excited about her new pair of Nikes featuring dragonfruit. Dragonfruit gets boost from Nike,...
Juice Plus+: produce, though not exactly fresh
My family and I are Americans, so it logically follows that we are food faddists. Our cupboards reveal our sorties...
That unopened bag of baby carrots
Bad news for the produce industry in The New Yorker of October 10, 2022. I don’t mean the articles on...
PBH’s latest consumer research, ‘Hacks to Habits’ aims to close consumption gap
September 15, 2022 – The Produce for Better Health Foundation BB #:157162 today released its latest research report: Hacks To...
PBH releases annual report showing path to improve consumption
June 22, 2022 – The Produce For Better Health Foundation BB #:157162 released its 2021 Annual Report showcasing the organization’s...
How to encourage a produce habit
American consumers are not in the habit of eating many fruits and vegetables. That has to change. “Most people don’t...
Produce prices prove to be elastic
Econ 101 term: elasticity. In this context, it refers to how much sales of a given product go up or...
CDC report shows stagnant consumption
This is a blog post from the Alliance for Food and Farming The Centers for Disease Control has issued a...
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