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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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