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Underground, above ground, and up in the air, produce growers are using new technology to improve both the quality of...

In a global marketplace, exporters must walk a tightrope—balancing the need to offer competitive terms with the need to get...

Sustainability: ask Google for a definition and you will receive over 17 million results. The term “sustainability” is trendy in...

Company owners and managers may hesitate to admit it, but fraud could be taking a bite out of their business....

North American consumers still expect the availability of peaches and grapes in January when they are out of season in the...

Few cities in the United States are as culturally and ethnically unique as Miami. The city is known by a...

The following summaries of precedent-setting reparation decisions issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) are intended to help companies...

There are many reasons apples are one of the most widely consumed fruits in the world. Delicious in everything from...

The 2013 Mexican Fresh Tomato Suspension Agreement continues to provide for penalties against Mexican tomato growers and exporters (the “signatories”)...

Tense might be a good word to describe the transportation industry.  As carriers adjust to enforcement of the U.S. Federal...

Produce professionals across the country are turning to alternative energy—such as solar and wind power—as the answer to saving time,...

Geographically Speaking While you wouldn’t know it by the nip in the winter air, the city of Toronto is at...

Sometimes reinventing the wheel is a good thing, especially when it comes to fresh produce packaging. Imagine this packaging problem...

Hiring new carriers has become a major challenge for produce shippers and brokers. Putting the pieces together from diverse sources...

As far as grapes are concerned, California is the place to be. It claims the lion’s share of commercially grown...

Last year was a page-turner of seasonal weather events from frost, intense summer storms, a hurricane, and a blizzard that...

Motor City – Motown – The 313—no matter what you prefer to call the largest city in Michigan, one thing...

A quick Internet search of the phrase “If you’re not online…” produces results like “you don’t exist,” “you have no...