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

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

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

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

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

Retailers can best capitalize on dietary and greater food trends with a mixed-marketing plan—one that combines advertising, promotions, sampling, culinary...

There is no singular source for monitoring trends. “It’s a combination of keeping your pulse on Google Trends, headlines, foodservice...

Northwest happenings In the Northwest’s nutrient-rich soil, an arid climate and abundance of water make conditions ideal for growing mouthwatering...

There’s no doubt dietary trends impact all sectors of the produce industry, from growers to wholesalers to retailers. Shoppers vote...

Apple production in the United States runs from coast to coast with nearly three dozen states growing commercially. This output,...

Unlike broader trends, diets, fads, and food plans are more specific in their application, with distinct goals, fixed guidelines, and...

Apple growers graft their trees, care for them, the weather cooperates, bloom goes well in the spring, and fruit begins...

Over the past few decades, several significant eating trends have emerged. Differing from diets, these regimens are broader in their...

With explosion in new apple cultivars over the last few years—200 varieties growing across the United States according to the...

Food and nutrition trends are a relatively recent luxury—for most of human history, our dietary efforts focused on getting enough...

Smitten, EverCrisp, Snapdragon, RubyFrost, Topaz, SweeTango, Rave, and Cosmic Crisp—these are only a few of the newer apple varieties challenging...

Santiago-based Fedefruta is a private entity, founded in 1985 by Chilean fruit producers. Growers were looking for more representation and...

Brazil: Moving Forward What began as a private group of 24 pioneering growers in Brazil, who wanted to promote product...