midwest

Honeybear promotes late-season EverCrisp apples

Elgin, Minn., January 4, 2024 –  Honeybear Brands, a leading grower, packer, shipper, and developer of premium apples, is delighting...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Climate change presents opportunities for nontraditional regions, growing systems

The U.S. fruit and vegetable industry has unofficial boundaries that mark important growing regions that both consumers and industry members...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Organics enjoy steady Midwest growth

The Midwest may not be the cutting edge of organic produce growth, but consumer demand remains strong. “Independents want it...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Midwest trucking: Past the ELD hump

In 2018, the trucking industry faced a major disruption from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s mandate to install electronic logging...

5 years ago 3 minute read

A passing age for terminals in the Midwest

The age of terminal markets appears to be passing as direct sourcing continues to increase. “I’ve watched Pittsburgh dwindle down...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Food safety challenges in the Midwest

Midwest produce suppliers know the more you go into cut products, the greater concern for food safety. As Ron Carkoski,...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Rising labor costs hit Midwest firms hard

The U.S. unemployment rate as a whole was down to 3.5 percent in September, the lowest it has been in...

5 years ago 5 minute read

The impact of politics in the Midwest

Although the headlines change from day to day, political squabbles, particularly international ones, will probably be around for a while...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Midwest ethnic and independent retailers battle tough

In Chicago’s retail world, Rob Strube, president of Chicago’s Strube Celery & Vegetable Company, BB #:102030 says, “Pricing goes as...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Taming the uncertainty in the Midwest

The only thing certain about the future is uncertainty. Mike Bilokonsky, managing member of Cincinnati’s Whitehorse Freight, LLC, BB #:323900...

5 years ago 3 minute read
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