It’s unlikely that 19th century Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford was gazing at a banana when she wrote, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but the well-worn adage is especially true when it comes to bananas.Any produce retailer who’s peered longingly into a case of the sunny-hued fruit, hoping for a very particular shade of yellow green, can confirm that what constitutes a perfect fruit specimen to one p...

On a recent early afternoon, I stared down a lineup of five juices. Some were green. Others were orange.I was about to taste them all, live on camera with other tasters during the Evolution Fresh Winter Wellness Virtual Tasting — just a few days before National Green Juice Day on Jan. 26, a holiday created by Evolution Fresh in 2016, according to National Day Calendar.The primarily organic, cold-pressed, premium...

Need a refresher on papaya varieties? Scroll through this helpful primer, below. And for more on papaya trends, sales, shipping, handling, companies that sell papayas and other specifications, visit PMG's papaya commodity page. 

Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Markets issued a voluntarily recall on its products containing microgreens, sweet pea leaves and cat grass because of potential salmonella contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Wegmans is voluntarily recalling these products because some of the soil they were grown in, supplied to Wegmans Organic Farm by bio365 of Ithaca, N.Y., tested positive for salmone...

We've gathered easily digestible news tidbits from six companies to keep you informed about new products, services, packaging, expansions and company strategies.Pulmuone/NasoyaIt’s all about being “Plantspired” for Dan Breen and Ryan Hoy of Pulmuone/Nasoya, Northport, N.Y. The company’s Plantspired line of soybean products launched in early 2022 as a convenient and ready-to-eat option for grocery shoppers.Expect to s...