Produce Market Guide News

Produce Market Guide News

Figs break into top 10 on Produce Market Guide

Jun 18, 2019 by The Packer Staff #Produce Retail, #Watermelons, #Cucumbers, #Peppers Chili, #Peppers Bell, #Mangoes, #Specialties
Watermelons achieved a monthlong streak as the No. 1 most-searched commodity on Produce Market Guide during the week of June 10, with cucumbers retaining the No. 2 spot for the second week.
Jun 18, 2019 by The Packer Staff #Produce Retail, #Watermelons, #Cucumbers, #Peppers Chili, #Peppers Bell, #Mangoes, #Specialties

Kids Eat Local Act finds support

Jun 18, 2019 by Tom Karst #Produce (General), #Schools, #Foodservice
In language that supporters hope is included in the next Child Nutrition Act reauthorization, new legislation aims to make it easier for school foodservice directors to buy local food for student meals.
Jun 18, 2019 by Tom Karst #Produce (General), #Schools, #Foodservice

Oppy celebrates 10-year partnership with Orchard View

Jun 18, 2019 by Tom Karst #Produce (General), #Cherries
The Vancouver-based Oppenheimer Group is celebrating a decade of partnering with The Dalles, Ore.-based Orchard View Inc.
Jun 18, 2019 by Tom Karst #Produce (General), #Cherries

Robotics Plus wins innovation award for apple packer

Jun 18, 2019 by Tom Karst #Produce (General), #Produce Tech, #Apples
A robotic apple packer from New Zealand-based Robotics Plus has won a major technology award.
Jun 18, 2019 by Tom Karst #Produce (General), #Produce Tech, #Apples

Driscoll’s #BerryTogether campaign tours Twin Cities

Jun 18, 2019 by Cristin Shepard #Raspberries, #Blueberries, #Strawberries, #Blackberries
Driscoll’s 3D Berry Picnic Mobile started its summer campaign June 18 — International Picnic Day — in the Twin Cities, beginning the next phase of the brand’s #BerryTogether campaign.
Jun 18, 2019 by Cristin Shepard #Raspberries, #Blueberries, #Strawberries, #Blackberries

Enza Zaden hosts field tours, notes success in new varieties

Jun 18, 2019 by Chris Koger #Produce Crops, #Lettuce, #Spinach, #Produce Tech
Enza Zaden welcomed more than 100 growers, shippers and seed dealers to its San Juan Bautista Research Station to highlight the company’s leafy green varieties.
Jun 18, 2019 by Chris Koger #Produce Crops, #Lettuce, #Spinach, #Produce Tech

6/18/19 Daily Newsflash Roundup: New companies to the Market & Updates

Jun 18, 2019 by Janice Wilson #Newsflash
BitCorp, Buell's Orchard, and Pacific Northwest Farmers Cooperative are new companies to the Market. ALK Trading Corp., Cervenka Farms, Gourmet Mushrooms Inc., MIXTEC Group have updated company profiles.
Jun 18, 2019 by Janice Wilson #Newsflash

Smurfit Kappa celebrates sustainability progress

Jun 18, 2019 by Chris Koger #Produce (General), #Packaging, #Sustainability, #Produce Tech
Corrugated and paper packaging company Smurfit Kappa recently released its latest Sustainable Development Report, which details the steps is taking to reach a goal of full sustainability.
Jun 18, 2019 by Chris Koger #Produce (General), #Packaging, #Sustainability, #Produce Tech

Wish Farms starts Superhero Summer partnership with Feeding America

Jun 18, 2019 by Amy Sowder #Produce (General), #Florida, #Strawberries
Plant City, Fla.-based berry grower Wish Farms has started a summer partnership campaign with Feeding America.
Jun 18, 2019 by Amy Sowder #Produce (General), #Florida, #Strawberries

Berry People supplies year-round demand, including organic

Jun 18, 2019 by Chris Koger #Produce Crops, #Blueberries, #Avocados, #Northwest (U.S.), #Imports, #Organics
Berry People, Hollister, Calif., is moving harvest to the Pacific Northwest as production in Mexico and California winds down for the season.
Jun 18, 2019 by Chris Koger #Produce Crops, #Blueberries, #Avocados, #Northwest (U.S.), #Imports, #Organics